Zachary Leader, Ben Markovits

Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow introduced a fresh voice to post-war fiction.

The author of several Great American Novels – including The Adventures of Augie March and Herzog – his fans range from Philip Roth to AS Byatt.

What is Bellow’s lasting legacy? Can Bellow’s characters, with their tangled hearts and irrepressible humour, help us unlock the secrets of contemporary America? And what don’t we know about the life of this most celebrated of novelists?

Join Bellow’s celebrated biographer Zachary Leader and novelist Ben Markovits as they separate the facts from fiction.