At the time of his death, the great poet Von Humboldt Fleischer is a failure, and his friend Charlie Citrine's life has hit rock bottom, in all respects. Then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie an unexpected legacy that might just help him turn his life around.
- ISBN10 0140189440
- ISBN13 9780140189445
- Publish Date 26 June 1997 (first published 25 August 1975)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 September 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Penguin Classics
- Format Paperback
- Pages 496
- Language English