More Die of Heartbreak

<p>Kenneth Trachtenberg, the witty and eccentric narrator of <i>More Die of Heartbreak</i>, has left his native Paris for the Midwest. He has come to be near his beloved uncle, the world-renowned botanist Benn Crader, self-described "plant visionary." While his studies take him around the world, Benn, a restless spirit, has not been able to satisfy his longings after his first marriage and lives from affair to affair and from "bliss to breakdown." Imagining that a settled existence will end his anguish, Benn ties the knot again, opening the door to a flood of new torments. As Kenneth grapples with his own problems involving his unusual lady-friend Treckie, the two men try to figure out why gifted and intelligent people invariably find themselves "knee-deep in the garbage of a personal life."<br> &nbsp;</p>

Author(s): Saul Bellow  

ISBN 10: 0142437743
ISBN 13: 9780142437742
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Publication: August 2004
Edition: ~