{"product_id":"the-fixer-9780374529383","title":"The Fixer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fixer\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the 1967 National Book Award for Fiction and the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fixer\u003c\/i\u003e (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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernard Malamud\u003c\/b\u003e (1914 - 1986) wrote eight novels; he won the Pulizer Prize and the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Fixer\u003c\/i\u003e, and the National Book Award for\u003ci\u003e The Magic Barrel\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of stories. Born in Brooklyn, he taught for many years at Bennington College in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50621397958930,"sku":"9780374529383","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29867bd7-9c14-40d3-ba0e-5f7f3f7deea5.jpg?v=1732585008","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-fixer-9780374529383","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}