The Actual

by SaulBellow (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.62

  A funny and moving love story, The Actual centres on Chicagoan Harry Trellman who, after a lifetime of making money, has become `a first class noticer' - and he realizes he has been in love since high school days with Amy Wustrin. Now he is ready topursue her, in the romantic golden-year ambience of a cemetery. The Actual is a work of ripened vision from one of the greatest writers in the English language.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.47

  A funny and moving love story, THE ACTUAL centres on Chicagoan Harry Trellman. After a lifetime of making money, Harry has become 'a first-class noticer', and realizes that he has been in love with Amy Wustrin since his high school days. In Amy, Harry sees what he calls his 'actual', and now he is at last ready to pursue her. But it's not until he finds himself at the cemetry, where her husband is to be exhumed and reburied, that he feels free to speak out. THE ACTUAL is a brilliant new novellafrom one of the greatest writers in the English language.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $12.22

  The story behind The Actual belongs to Harry Trellman, an aging, astute businessman who has never belonged anywhere.