The Fixer
American novelist, 1914–1986. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1967 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1967.
The Fixer is a 1966 novel by Bernard Malamud. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1967 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1967.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Bernard Malamud
- First published
- 1966
- Length
- 448 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1967
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 1967
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Political, Religion and faith
Is The Fixer worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1967) | Winner | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1967) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Fixer
The edition we link to is the Atlantic Books paperback (2014), 448 pages.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN
- 9780857890948
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Fixer
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 100% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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