The last remaining tenant in a condemned New York tenement, Harry Lesser struggles against rising panic and escalating odds to complete the novel he had started 10 years earlier, while his landlord cajoles through closed doors with hard-luck tales and cash sums.
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"Malamud ... gentles his material with humor, with that redemptive conscience, and above all with a compassion which extends all of his works beyond the mapped margins of existence, however destitute."--"Kirkus Reviews "(Starred Review) "Malamud's best book in years."--"The New York Times"
Malamud ... gentles his material with humor, with that redemptive conscience, and above all with a compassion which extends all of his works beyond the mapped margins of existence, however destitute. "Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)"
Malamud's best book in years. "The New York Times""
Malamud ... gentles his material with humor, with that redemptive conscience, and above all with a compassion which extends all of his works beyond the mapped margins of existence, however destitute. Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
Malamud's best book in years. The New York Times
""Malamud ... gentles his material with humor, with that redemptive conscience, and above all with a compassion which extends all of his works beyond the mapped margins of existence, however destitute." --Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
"Malamud's best book in years." --The New York Times
First published in 1971, The Tenants is a ruthlessly funny dissection of a relationship of profound unease and mutual destruction.
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