# The Actual

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- Book: [The Actual](https://www.bookquiver.com/saul-bellow/the-actual) ([The Actual.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/saul-bellow/the-actual.md))
- Authors: [Saul Bellow](https://www.bookquiver.com/saul-bellow)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4310-584-8
- Pages: 96
- Published: 2009-10-21
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“The work of a great master still locked in unequal combat with Eros and Time.” –The New York Times Book Review A Penguin Classic In this dazzling work of fiction, Nobel Laureate Saul...