I just finished the Book A New Life by Bernard Malamud. It is a good novel about a thirty year old ex drunkard from New York City who goes to a small technical school in Cascadia, Washington state and proceeds to start teaching English composition. It is a character study novel about a young man who tries to leave his past and start a new life. At times Malamud goes into extremely philosophical descriptions of the main characters surroundings and it can get a little boring, but it is a great read none the less.
Malamud is best known for his first novel The Natural which was made into a movie with Robert Redford.
I started reading Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. What are you reading?
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