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      Malcolm

      by James Purdy
      Published
      Jun 1959
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      256
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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).

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