Bibliograph

The assistant, Bernard Malamud ; [introduction by Jonathan Rosen]

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The assistant, Bernard Malamud ; [introduction by Jonathan Rosen]

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The assistant

Responsibility statement

Bernard Malamud ; [introduction by Jonathan Rosen]

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.9, 13, 68899

Summary

A story set in Brooklyn, New York grocery store owned by Morris Bober. Frank, a young, Gentile nogoodnik, comes to work for the Jewish ma-and-pa grocery in return for room and board. The family owners don't know that Frank was one of the thieves who previously robbed the place and clubbed Morris, the paterfamilias. For his part, Frank is at war with himself, ever vacillating between his good and brutal instincts

Target audience

adult

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