The Fixer: A Novel (FSG Classics)
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Book Info
Author
Malamud, Bernard
Word Count
88,000 words
based on page count
Pages
352 pages
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Edition Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Edition Publish Date
2004-01-01
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0374529388
ISBN-13: 9780374529383
Description
Set in czarist Russia, The Fixer is the story of the strains and anxieties that beset a man who finds himself a stranger in his community and a victim of irrational prejudice as a wave of anti-Semitic hysteria engulfs a town after the murder of a boy. Yakov Bok, an ordinary handyman, is charged with the "ritual murder" of the boy simply because of his Jewish heritage. The story of Bok's struggle in an atmosphere of hate is universally applicable to that of any victim of a miscarriage of justice and mob prejudice.
Winner of the 1967 National Book Award
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