Robert Adams on Herzog by Saul Bellow.

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Robert Adams on Herzog by Saul Bellow.

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May 17, 2013

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Robert Adams, author of A Love of Reading, discusses the 1964 novel Herzog by Saul Bellow.

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May 17, 2013

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Robert Adams on Herzog by Saul Bellow.

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