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In CliffsNotes on Bellow's Herzog, you follow the journey of Jewish author Saul Bellow's introspective, trouble hero, Moses Herzog. Herzog, who has just been divorced by his extravagant wife, must struggle to maintain his identity and humanity, despite his own neuroses and his battles against forces beyond his control.

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