Henderson the Rain King

from zappa

We all read, we are constantly reminded by post-modern critics, through the lenses of our individual life-experience. True enough, too. Reading Henderson the Rain King through the filters of post-colonial studies is likely to produce a wildly different perspective and review to reading it through...

from baswood

MR ANGRY DREAMS OF BEING A LION KING Difficult to know just what to make of this shaggy dog story written by Saul Bellow and published in 1959. It certainly bears all the hallmarks of a Bellow novel in that passages of fine descriptive writing and intense storytelling are infused with some turgid...

from jmoncton

Eugene Henderson is a boor. He is wealthy, has high social status, is physically strong and uses all of this to hi advantage. He is rude, inconsiderate and almost goes out of his way to annoy people. But being dissatisfied with his life, Henderson decides to join a friend on his honeymoon in Afri...

from andyray

i like to post my impression about halfway through the book. i was forced to read it at the University in 1971 as one of the "important modern novels" and loved it then. I remember that, but seemingly in the 35 years or so that have passed, I am less radical in my actions and thought. I find Gene...

from ElisabethZguta

One of my favorites of all time - Saul Bellow was such a great writer, with subtle wit he was the King. He developed the most foul of characters yet they were all so believable. As a reader, you liked them and wanted them to grow up. I first read this in 1976 and was never the same.