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Title: Malcolm by James Purdy ISBN: 2-07-072528-6 Publisher: Gallimard Pub. Date: 23 January, 1992 Format: Paperback |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Boring and odd
Comment: This book has been hailed as a comic masterpiece of irony, etc. I wish that I had enjoyed it as such, but I found it obscure, utterly lacking in writing style, and full of inexplicably abrupt plot changes.
The plot revolves around a pretty boy, apparently orphaned, who is discovered on a park bench and introduced to a series of bizarre people. They all want to own him in some way, which simply doesn't make sense as there is nothing interesting about him whatsoever. He just blunders on, into greater and more improbable situations, none of which I found funny in the slightest. It is like reading a novel by Eugene Ionescu, without the humor and surrealism.
In other words, I just didn't get it and don't think it is worth the effort. I would never have gotten through it except for the fact that I grabbed it for a long flight and had nothing else to read.
Not recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: funny but not for most of you
Comment: Purdy's novel "Malcolm" is a humorous journey about a young boy found by an astrologer on a park bench. The story is writtem mainly through Malcolm's interaction with the characters he meets through the astrologer (Mr. Cox). But enough plot summery, from the opening paragraphs one sees Purdy's gift for a sort of heightened clarity that he writes with, which, when pulled together with the dialog between the rather inept and hilarious characters offers a unique experience.
The novel is written in a more naturalist tone (think a modern Dickens) but don't let that fool you, Purdy is a gifted writer, with an amazing imagination, and excelent sense of irony. the reason i say it is not for all of you is that if you are looking for "ground-breaking" or "experimental" liturature, or if you find you get bored when not being assulted by an author you shouldn't buy it. But for those with an open mind i believe you shall enjoy it as well as nearly all of Purdy's work.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic
Comment: One of the most poised yet hilarious books I have ever read. A shame the man has never received the literary recognition he deserves.
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