MALCOLM (NEW EDITION)

Book ID/图书代码： 06000014B73800

English Summary/英文概要： James Purdy was a finalist for the 1960 National Book Award for this, his debut novel

James Purdy’s critically acclaimed first novel, Malcolm (1959), won praise from writers as diverse as Dame Edith Sitwell, Dorothy Parker, and Gore Vidal. Malcolm is a classic innocent, led from one protective personality to another in the search for his missing father. He becomes involved in a series of poignant and wildly comic adventures as he is taken under the wing of an astrologer, an undertaker, a jazz queen, and other eccentric characters.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： James Purdy凭借这本处女作小说入围1960年国家图书奖。

James Purdy广受好评的第一本小说Malcolm(1959)赢得了包括Dame Edith Sitwell, Dorothy Parker及Gore Vidal在内不少作家的赞誉。Malcolm是一个典型的可怜人，受保护性人格所扰，寻找着他失踪的父亲。他卷入一系列辛酸却又极具戏剧性的经历，期间却受到一位占星家、一位送葬人、一位爵士女王以及其他古怪人物的保护。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：一本展现无辜与堕落的现代经典小说——野蛮、戏剧、粗俗的故事……最为有趣的划过这段野蛮时代的书籍。”——DOROTHY PARKER

“他讲故事天赋异禀，拥有描绘不正常事物的才能……他的故事有趣、引人入胜有时又引人作呕、令人不安，充满幽默却又缺少欢乐，掺杂着不少尖酸的评论。”——纽约时报

"A savage modern classic of innocence and corruption—a wild, comic, ribald tale…the most prodigiously funny book to streak across these heavy-hanging times."—DOROTHY PARKER

“A gifted storyteller with a particular talent for depicting the abnormal…fascinating, compelling, disgusting, and disturbing, full of humor but devoid of merriment, crackling with mordant commentary.”—The New York Times

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：All rights available (previously published in Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese/Brazil, Spanish, Turkish and Russian)

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