Indicia
August, 1997
Saul BellowThe Playboy Interview with Saul Bellow (May) is a welcomeijolt of worldly, caustic wit for decades, the supercerebral coud-covering of Bellow's reputation has obscure the fact that he's one of our most wicked comedians.'He's a sly fox who has been around the block. I treasure his line about Norman Mailer's quest for the Nobel Prize ("Well I'd give it to him--if he had anything to trade"). and the word-picture o Truman Capote as a midget Nazi commandant swinging a swagger sti...
