The Assistant

by Bernard Malamud | Literature & Fiction |
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Registered by FiddlerCrab of Pike Creek, Delaware USA on 11/5/2002
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Journal Entry 1 by FiddlerCrab from Pike Creek, Delaware USA on Tuesday, November 5, 2002
I like Bernard Malamud. But as near as I can tell, all of his books and stories are about aging, impoverished Jewish shopkeepers and their sickly wives, and occasionally their woefully "Americanized" children. This book does little to refute my opinion.

It was a decent read, though. The ending left me confused - a lot of things up in the air. You have no idea which way these peoples lives will go in. Malamud does a great job with dialogue, though. And the characters are very real, very human - actually, it's almost excessive how much of the book is spent on what they're thinking and feeling. This could have been more subtle.

This is an old paperback in readable, but not great shape.

Journal Entry 2 by FiddlerCrab at 4th & Bainbridge, phone booth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, November 11, 2002
Released on Monday, November 11, 2002 at 4th & Bainbridge, phone booth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.

Left in a phone booth outside of a tattoo parlor on 4th St., between Bainbridge and South Sts. (Closer to the Bainbridge end). Left this after leaving Fast, Cheap & Out of Control at Fluid.

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