Malamud, Bernard

Malamud, Bernard ( 1914 – 86 ),
American novelist, born in Brooklyn, best known for his novel The Fixer ( 1967 ), the story of a Jewish handyman or ‘fixer’ in tsarist Russia just before the First World War, who is falsely accused of murder and turned into the scapegoat for anti-Semitic feeling in his neighbourhood. Other works include A New Life ( 1961 ), The Tenants ( 1971 ), Dubin's Lives ( 1979 ), and God's Grace ( 1982 ). He has also published volumes of short stories.