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Readers of today's New York Times (people still read The New York Times, right?), will no doubt feel confused about what opinion they should espouse at their next dinner party. It basically boils down to this:

Was Saul Bellow New York's novelist?

Was he America's?

The planet's?

The universe's?

Saul Bellow: A Writer Captivated by the Chaos of New York [NYT]

Saul Bellow, Poet of Urban America's Dangling Men [NYT]

Mr. Bellow's Planet [NYT]

Master of the Universe [NYT]