The Assistant (Penguin Books Edition)

Bernard Malamud

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SKU:: 1348
Condition:: Very Good
Format:: Mass Paperback, 217 pages
Publisher:: Penguin Books, 1967
Edition:: First Edition, First Printing

To be poor is bad enough; to be a poor Jew is a crime.

Frankie Alpine should have known that a Gentile should never try to help a poor Jew and he brought tragedy to the house of Morris and Ida Bober.

A novel of a writer now recognized as one of the most powerful talents on the American literary scene.

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To be poor is bad enough; to be a poor Jew is a crime.

Frankie Alpine should have known that a Gentile should never try to help a poor Jew and he brought tragedy to the house of Morris and Ida Bober.

A novel of a writer now recognized as one of the most powerful talents on the American literary scene.

About the Author

Bernard Malamud (1914–86) wrote eight novels; he won the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for The Fixer, and the National Book Award for The Magic Barrel. Born in Brooklyn, he taught for many years at Bennington College in Vermont.

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