num_pages: 599
description: Augie March is a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Depression. A 'born recruit', he latches on to a wild succession of occupations, then proudly rejects each one as too limiting. Not until he tangles with the glamorous Thea, a huntress with a trained eagle, is his independence seriously threatened. He goes on to recruit himself to even more outlandish projects, but always ducks out in time to continue improvising his unconventional career. Augie March is the star performer in a richly observed human variety show, a modern-day Columbus in search of reality and fulfilment.
language: English
title: The Adventures of Augie March
titlecomplete: The Adventures of Augie March
characters: Mrs. Renling, Augie March, Grandma Lausch, Charlotte Magnus, Thea Fenchel, Arthur Einhorn, Mimi Villars, Lucy Magnus, William Einhorn, Simon March, Clem Tambow, Kayo Obermark, Manny Padilla, Mintouchian
genres: Fiction, American, Jewish, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 17892
places: Paris, Chicago, Illinois, Mexico
awards: awardedAt: -504892800000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Avon Books