What make [Mr. Sammler's Planet] worth writing about, I feel, is its level of artistic organisation, a significant achievement for Bellow, already considered by many to be among America's finest writers. In two sections, one on meaning, the other on form, I shall highlight distinctive features of this compact work….
First of all, the reader's approach to the book. Are we to take Bellow's feelings about life and society as identical with Sammler's?
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