Review: Herzog

Herzog by Saul Bellow
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

One of those books where the writing was wonderful, but the story didn’t grab me. I think part of it was the pace. Herzog covers a lot of ground in the span of a couple days, physically. But we are always in his head, where he is thinking, and writing imaginary letters to people, at lightening speed. Another depressing bit was that this was about many different low points in life, divorces, arrests, allegations. It was a bit heavy, not what I was looking for at the time I read it. Still, quite masterful writing.

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