Pulitzer Prize Fiction Winner
The Fixer
by Bernard Malamud
Summary
Based on a true story, it follows a Jewish handyman in Tsarist Russia who is unjustly imprisoned for a "ritual murder" and becomes an unlikely hero through his refusal to confess.
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Historical Context & Significance
Malamud used the historical Beilis case as a metaphor for the 1960s Civil Rights struggle, exploring the universal nature of injustice.