Malcolm
A Comic Novel| By: | James Purdy |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton |
| Print ISBN: | 9780871409577 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780871409607 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The twenty-first-century revival of James Purdy continues with his classic novel of innocence and corruption. Introduced simply as “the boy on the bench,” the titular character of Malcolm is a Candide-like figure who is picked up by the “most famous astrologer of his period” and introduced to a series of increasingly absurd characters and bizarre situations in “the most prodigiously funny book to streak across these heavy-hanging times” (Dorothy Parker).