by Saul Bellow
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Several portions of this novel, while it was in progress, appeared in magazines in somewhat different form from the final version. Acknowledgment is made to The New Yorker, which published Chapter XXV under the title “Interval in a Lifeboat”; Harper’s Bazaar, which published excerpts from Chapters XV and XVI under the title “The Eagle”; Partisan Review, and Perspectives USA, which published Chapter V under the title “The Einhorns”; Sewanee Review, which published Chapter II under the title “The Coblins”; and The Hudson Review, which published Chapter XXIV under the title “Mintouchian.”