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The Fixer
by Bernard Malamud
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover with dust jacket, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. This is a book club edition from 1966. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped - 'Book Club Edition' is printed on the lower corner of the front flap. This is one of the few books that was awarded both the Pulitzer and National Book Award. Basis for the 1968 John Frankenheimer film starring Alan Bates and Dirk Bogarde. The dust jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. There's a short closed tear at the left side near the spine, about 1/2 inch long, and another closed tear on the middle of the bottom edge, also about 1/2 inch long. Some creases to the adjacent area at the heel of the spine as well. Some rubbing wear marks to the front panel of the jacket. Olive colored cloth covered boards with the title and author name in black and orange on the spine. All lettering on the boards is crisp and not rubbed or worn. Corners of the boards are not bumped or creased. Bump mark on the bottom edge of the back board, divot of about 1/32". 335 pages, rough edged text block, topstain shows some fading. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Not a library discard. Very nicely printed considering it is a book club copy. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
Synopsis
Bernard Malamud was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was an author of novels and short stories. His novel, The Eighth Day was the winner of the National Book Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1967. In this fictionalized account of a true story regarding a viciously anti-Semitic incident, the protagonist, Yakov Bok, a poor Jew, travels to Kiev to try to change his life situation and fortunes. He tries to pass for a Gentile and is hired on as a supervisor of a brick-making factory. Soon, there is a murder of a Christian child and Bok’s Jewishness is discovered; he is unjustly imprisoned for the murder. He experiences torture and abuse at the hands of his jailers and slowly comes to realize his faith in the potential humanity of Christians and Jews alike. The novel employs rich, complex characters and an intellectual message regarding the need for humane political actions.
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Details
- Seller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 20-708
- Title
- The Fixer
- Author
- Bernard Malamud
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jewish fiction, Kiev
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
Biblio member since 2015
Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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