Humboldt's gift

Description

For many years, the great poet Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine, a young man inflamed with a love for literature, were the best of friends. At the time of his death, however, Humboldt is a failure, and Charlie's life has reached a low point: his career is at a standstill, and he's enmeshed in an acrimonious divorce, infatuated with a highly unsuitable young woman, and involved with a neurotic mafioso. And then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie an unexpected legacy that may just help him turn his life around.

Description

Charlie Citrine, suffering from steadily worsening troubles with women, career, and life in general, receives unexpected aid and comfort in the form of a belated bequest from his onetime friend and mentor, the poet Von Humboldt Fleisher.

First Sentence

The book of ballads published by Von Humboldt Fleisher in the Thirties was an immediate hit.

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Other Editions

• Humboldt's giftHardcoverViking Press1975-01-01
• Humboldt's giftThe Alison Press, Secker & Warburg1975-01-01
• Humboldt's giftSecker and Warburg1975-01-01
• Humboldt's giftSecker and Warburg1975-01-01
• Humboldt's GiftViking Press1975-01-01
• Humboldts VermächtnisKiepenheuer & Witsch1976-01-01