The Tenants of Moonbloom

by Wallant, Edward Lewis
ISBN: 9781590170700
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Overview

Norman Moonbloom is a loser, a drop-out who can't even make it as a deadbeat. His brother, a slumlord, hires him to collect rent in the buildings he owns in Manhattan. Making his rounds from apartment to apartment, Moonbloom confronts a wildly varied assortment of brilliantly described urban characters, among them a gay jazz musician with a sideline as a gigolo, a Holocaust survivor, and a brilliant young black writer modeled on James Baldwin. Moonbloom hears their cries of outrage and abuse; he learns about their secret sorrows and desires. And as he grows familiar with their stories, he finds that he is drawn, in spite of his best judgment, into a desperate attempt to improve their lives.

Edward Lewis Wallant's astonishing comic tour de force is a neglected masterpiece of 1960s America.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Wallant, Edward Lewis
  • ISBN: 9781590170700
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.96 x 0.60
  • Number Of Pages: 264
  • Publication Year: 2003