The tenth novel by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Saul Bellow Kenneth Trachtenberg, an eccentric and witty native of Paris, travels to the Midwest to spend time with his famous American uncle, a world-renowned botanist and self-described "plant visionary." After numerous affairs and failed relationships, the restless Uncle Benn seeks a settled existence in the form of marriage-but tying the knot again opens the door to a host of new torments. Benn's erotic tendencies and disastrous relationships lead him and Kenneth into a hilarious and wonderful rompthrough America's mind-body dilemma-a journey in which Kenneth must also examine his own shortcomings with women. Philosophical and humorous, More Die of Heartbreak, mercilessly examines the inner workings of a man in desperate pursuit of happiness.
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