An edition of The Assistant
(1957)
The assistant
a novel.
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A struggling neighborhood Jewish grocer takes on a helper who falls in love with his daughter and steals from his store.
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Criminals, Fiction, Grocers, Italian Americans, Jewish converts from Christianity, Jewish families, New York, New York (State), Psychological fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), New york (n.y.), fiction, Large type books, Fiction in English, Cliffs notes, Jews, Malamud, bernard, 1914-1986, American literature, Jewish authors, Translations into RussianPeople
Bernard Malamud (1914-)Places
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), RussiaTimes
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Frank, a troubled, somewhat desperate, Italo-American works long hours in the grocery store of a struggling Jewish family in a Brooklyn neighborhood. He develops a secret passion for his employer's attractive daughter.
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