A review by pitosalas
The Assistant by Bernard Malamud

5.0

After a string of disappointing reads, finally a really good book. This is a really old-fashioned book, written in 1959 probably from around the same time. It's set in Brooklyn among a series of hard luck cases. It touches on inner conflict, ambivalence, people's attempt to overcome their own past, luck, compassion and other forever topics. I really enjoyed it.