Saul Bellow's heart

Greg Bellow's bond with his father, Saul, was grounded in a tenderness, social optimism and light-hearted humour rarely attributed to a man generally remembered as being schooled in rational argument. This intimate memoir gives voice both to the 'young Saul' - the rebellious, irreverent and ambitious young writer and dedicated father - and to the 'old Saul', the writer known to the wider world, whose edges hardened as his social views turned pessimistic.