Bernard Malamud ~ The Fixer

I purchased this book many moons ago from a junk shop. It is the first U.K. edition (1968) and I've not read it for years. It is always a pleasure to dip back into reads from the past and this was no exception. It captures the state of Russia during the Tzars and their battle for control by the suppression of all and any by oppression and murder that sparks the passions of the ignorant masses. A classic novel that stands the test of time.

Product Description
A classic that won Malamud both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardThe Fixer (1966) is Bernard Malamud's best-known and most acclaimed novel -- one that makes manifest his roots in Russian fiction, especially that of Isaac Babel.Set in Kiev in 1911 during a period of heightened anti-Semitism, the novel tells the story of Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman blamed for the brutal murder of a young Russian boy. Bok leaves his village to try his luck in Kiev, and after denying his Jewish identity, finds himself working for a member of the anti-Semitic Black Hundreds Society. When the boy is found nearly drained of blood in a cave, the Black Hundreds accuse the Jews of ritual murder. Arrested and imprisoned, Bok refuses to confess to a crime that he did not commit.