# The Adventures of Augie March

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- Book: [The Adventures of Augie March](https://www.bookquiver.com/saul-bellow/the-adventures-of-augie-march) ([The Adventures of Augie March.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/saul-bellow/the-adventures-of-augie-march.md))
- Authors: [Saul Bellow](https://www.bookquiver.com/saul-bellow)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-486-9
- Pages: 592
- Published: 2019-03-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Augie March is a penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up during the Great Depression. A 'born recruit', he drifts through life latching onto a wild succession of occupations, including butler, thief, dog-washer, sailor and salesman, then proudly rejects each one as too limiting. Not until he tangles with the glamorous Thea, a huntress with a trained eagle, can he attempt to break free. A modern-day Everyman in search of identity and fulfilment, Augie is the star performer in Bellow's exuberant, richly observed human variety show.