Herzog/Cassette/Swc 1584

HERZOG, one of Saul Bellow's most celebrated novels, portrays (via the hero's sad, manic, ironic letters) the slow decline of Moses Herzog, a failed writer, teacher, husband, and father, as he charges through life unable to face the mistakes that have crippled him and wounded those around him. Introspective, witty, and sharp, the novel provides an astonishing insight into the soul of the modern intellectual. Herzog, whose wife--his third--is unfaithful to him, is a version of Bellow himself, and his rival is reportedly based on a good friend of his who was having an affair with Bellow's own wife at the time. HERZOG won a National Book Award in 1964.