01645cam a2200301 4500 622985070 TxAuBib 730515s1953||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 53007953 TxAuBib Bellow, Saul. The adventures of Augie March, : a novel / by Saul Bellow. Compass books ed. ©1953. New York : Viking Press, 1953. 536 p ; 23 cm. This grand-scale heroic comedy tells the story of the exuberant young Augie, a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Depression. While his neighborhood friends all settle down into their various chosen professions, Augie, as particular as an aristocrat, demands a special destiny. He latches on to a wild succession of occupations, proudly rejecting each one as too limiting. It is not until he tangles with a glamorous perfectionist named Thea, a huntress with a trained eagle, that his independence is seriously threatened. Luckily, his nature, like the eagle's, breaks down under the strain. He goes on to recruit himself to even more outlandish projects but always ducks out in time to continue improvising his unconventional career. Young men Fiction. Depressions Fiction. Americans Mexico Fiction. Picaresque literature. Chicago (Ill.) Fiction. Mexico Fiction. Domestic fiction. fast Bildungsromans. fast Ralph Ellison Collection (Library of Congress). TXHAP