Humboldt's gift

by Saul Bellow

Charlie Citrine, suffering from steadily worsening troubles with women, career, and life in general, receives unexpected aid and comfort in the form of a belated bequest from his onetime friend and mentor, the poet Von Humboldt Fleisher.

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
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