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Malcolm : a novel / by James Purdy.

Title
Malcolm : a novel / by James Purdy.
Author
Purdy, James
Publication
London ; New York : Serpent's Tail, 1994.

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Serpent's Tail (Firm) publisher.
Description
196 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
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.
Subject
  • Eccentrics and eccentricities > United States > Fiction
  • Gay youth > United States > Fiction
  • Young men > United States > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Picaresque literature
  • Humorous fiction
  • Bildungsromans
  • Fiction
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
1852423684 :
LCCN
^^^94028945^
OCLC
  • 30895924
  • SCSB-10749791
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library