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mehrangezmr 's review for:
Henderson the Rain King
by Saul Bellow
Oh my god this book bored me to TEARS. I really tried but I fail to see the appeal. Only my dislike of setting aside a book half-read propelled me to make the rest of my way through this thicket of pseudo-philosophical drivel. I could excuse the, er, unreconstructed nature of Henderson’s views on women and the way that people of colour are portrayed in the novel. It was a different time and I get that. But I couldn’t see why we were meant to care about the bellicose Henderson, the stereotypical Ugly American Abroad from the days before that was a stereotype. Stop crying dude, put the lion cub down and go back home to your wife.