After hearing a boatman predict that a hoof will be found under certain boots, the title character gets an itch in his foot. That character pulls the drunk Nikolai Maximovitch from a snowbank, but is betrayed when Nikolai learns he is (*) Jewish, and he goes to jail on a charge of ritual murder after being abandoned by Raisl. For 10 points— name this novel about Yakov Bok,
After hearing a boatman predict that a hoof will be found under certain boots, the title character gets an itch in his foot. That character pulls the drunk Nikolai Maximovitch from a snowbank, but is betrayed when Nikolai learns he is (*) Jewish, and he goes to jail on a charge of ritual murder after being abandoned by Raisl. For 10 points— name this novel about Yakov Bok, a handyman, written by Bernard Malamud.
After hearing a boatman predict that a hoof will be found under certain boots, the title character gets an itch in his foot.
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