num_pages: 483
description: A black comic novel chronicles the odyssey of Albert Lippincott, a neurotic, mailman and resident of Nestor, New York, whose efficiency hides his penchant for reading other people's mail, nervous breakdown, disastrous marriage and troubled, sexually ambiguous relationship with his sister. 25,000 first printing. First serial, Granta.
language: English
title: Mailman
titlecomplete: Mailman
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary, Collections, Adult Fiction, Mental Illness, Novels, American
ratings_count: 655
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc