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| The Assistant: A Novel | 
| Author: Bernard Malamud
Creator: Jonathan Rosen
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 329632
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0374504849
EAN: 9780374504847
ASIN: 0374504849
Publication Date: July 7, 2003
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Condition: Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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| Customer Reviews:
 A moving and powerful depiction of obsession and guilt June 2, 2000
This novel is a somber glimpse at the life of Frank Alpine, an Italian who is haunted by guilt and seeks only redemption for crimes for which he can't but help to committ. This brilliant work examines the obsession that drives the protagonist to his eventual salvation in the hands of compassion and forgivness. This is a truly remarkable and oddly reminiscent of real life as it captures all the conflicting emotions that often hinder humanity.
A riviting story brilliantly read October 11, 1999
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Thank goodness this is not an abridged version of this masterpiece. It takes time to build the complex characters and the moral universe they are living within. Which is not to say the story is not dramatic - it is that, and the reader/hearer is grateful for every riveting detail. Most of all the performance of George Guidall is a masterpiece in itself. Every character has a distinctive and compelling voice. A great experience!
Strongly written book August 29, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was one of the few I have read that seem to just flow. Trying to pay attention never was a problem and the story continued as necessary. The character development was incredible, as this was an emotionally endearing novel. The reader feels the pain of the Bober family and the anguish of Frank Alpine when he is humiliated time after time. I highly recommend it.
 Good book, but not great August 16, 1999
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book was ok once you get through the beginning, which is very slow. I was also required to read it, so anyone who is reading this review and is also required is probably already thinking that the book is going to be bad, but believe me, once you get into the middle, you want to read more
 a cyclical book of justification and redemption August 15, 1999
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Frank Alpine ends the novel as Morris began it, serving mankind. Frank has become Morris, and in that, he has found his redemption as well as a place in life. The question remains...is Frank a hero at the end of the book or a martyr?
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