Book
The Assistant
- Published
- 2000
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell
- Pages
- 246
- Words
- 80698
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3068.The_Assistant?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.9
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 880L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
Bernard Malamud’s second novel, originally published in 1957, is the story of Morris Bober, a grocer in postwar Brooklyn, who “wants better” for himself and his family. First two robbers appear and hold him up; then things take a turn for the better when broken-nosed Frank Alpine becomes his assistant. But there are complications: Frank, whose reaction to Jews is ambivalent, falls in love with Helen Bober; at the same time he begins to steal from the store.
Collections
Time Magazine 1923-2005
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780440303862
- ISBN-10
- 0440303869
Tags
Behavior-CriminalPeople-JewishRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 9-12Social Issues-PrejudiceTime Magazine Best Books