Malcolm
Subtitle: a novel
By: by James Purdy.
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.; Gay youth -- Fiction.; Young men -- Fiction.
Description: Introduced simply as ?the boy on the bench,? the titular character of Malcolm is a Candide-like figure who is picked up by the ?most famous astrologer of his period? and introduced to a series of increasingly absurd characters and bizarre situations.