" The protagonist of this novel says, "If I have any philosophy, it is that life could be better than it is," although he is obsessed with Spinoza and one of his few possessions is a copy of Selections from Spinoza.
Though mostly narrated in the third person, this novel briefly slips into the second person, saying "You wait in minutes of hopes and days of hopelessness." The protagonist of this novel says, "If I have any philosophy, it is that life could be better than it is," although he is obsessed with Spinoza and one of his few possessions is a copy of Selections from Spinoza. The protagonist's father is killed when a man decides to kill the first three Jews that he sees. In Kiev, the title character of this novel helps a drunk man who subsequently offers him a job at a brickyard, which he accepts even though the man is a member of the Black Hundreds. Based on the trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis, it takes place in Tsarist Russia, where Yakov Bok is accused of ritually murdering a boy whose body is found in a cave. For 10 points, name this Bernard Malamud novel about the arrest of a Jewish handyman.
Though mostly narrated in the third person, this novel briefly slips into the second person, saying "You wait in minutes of hopes and days of hopelessness.
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