Books, Arts & Manners: Bare Bones

The Dean’s DecemberSaul Bellow

Harper & Row, 312 pp., $13.95 Here we have the bare bones of Bellow: the novel as essay, stripped of the whimsey and decoration of character and fanciful prose. Bellow at his worst. This book has the disquieting effect of encountering an old friend—a good friend —who has undergone some startling decline.

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The Dean’s DecemberSaul Bellow

Harper & Row, 312 pp., $13.95 Here we have the bare bones of Bellow: the novel as essay, stripped of the whimsey and decoration of character and fanciful prose. Bellow at his worst. This book has the disquieting effect of encountering an old friend—a good friend —who has undergone some startling decline.