The Assistant

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia

First published in the U.S.A. 1957 Published in Great Britain by Eyre & Spottiswoode 1962 Published in Penguin Books 1967 Copyright © Bernard Malamud, 1957

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