Why read Henderson the Rain King?

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Bellow evokes all the rich colour and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe. Henderson's awesome feats of strength and his unbridled passion for life earns him the admiration…

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2 authors picked Henderson the Rain King as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

M.P. Newman

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I read this book when I didn’t know what to do with my life and needed to make a decision. The hero’s stumbling around another continent was truly entertaining and made me want to go to Africa as well and see for myself and get to learn about my own ignorance and limitations.

From M.P.'s list on heroes weathering the adversities of existence.

Lawrence Grobel

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This comical journey into the heart of a mythical Africa was compared to the Odyssey and Don Quixote by Newsweek. “I am a high-spirited kind of guy,” Eugene Henderson says. “And it’s the destiny of my generation of Americans to go out in the world and try to find the wisdom of life.” I read Henderson the Rain King in high school, and it stayed with me when I joined the Peace Corps after college and journeyed to Africa. I couldn’t get Henderson’s refrain— “I want I want I want”—out of my head. What I wanted was experience. Adventure.…

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