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Journalism of Courage
Henderson the Rain King
By Saul Bellow
8220;What made me take this trip to Africa? There is no quick explanation. Things got worse and worse and pretty soon they were complicated,8221; begins Saul Bellow8217;s 1959 novel. 8220;But if I am to make sense to you people and explain why I went to Africa I must face up to the facts. I might as well start with the money. I am rich.8221;
There it is. A typical plunge into a narrative by Bellow, Nobel laureate and author of that other all-time favourite, Herzog. Upon publication, it was hailed as a stunningly imaginative work of fiction.
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