Malcolm
A Comic Novel
Published on 6. April 2015
224 pages
978-0-87140-960-7 (ISBN)
Description
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).More details
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05/2015
Liveright Publishing Corporation
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James Purdy, born in 1914, is undergoing a major literary renaissance. The author of Malcolm and now The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy, he lived in New York until his death in 2009.
