Digital content provided by hoopla. Read by Tom Parker.
Summary:
Augie is a poor but exuberant boy growing up in Chicago during the Depression. While his friends all settle into chosen professions, Augie demands a special destiny. He tests out a wild succession of occupations, proudly rejecting each as too limiting-until he tangles with the glamorous perfectionist Thea.
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