The Magic Barrel

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First published in the U.S.A. 1958 Published in Great Britain by Eyre & Spottiswoode 1960 Published in Penguin Books 1968 Copyright © Bernard Malamud, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958 Copyright © The American Mercury Magazine, 1953

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