The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow

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SAUL BELLOW
The Adventures of Augie March
First published in 1949.
To my Father
CHAPTER I
I am an American, Chicago born--Chicago, that somber city--and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; so ...