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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.

The Tenants Of Moonbloom

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      Publisher: The New York Review of Books, Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/11/2003
      ISBN13: 9781590170700, 978-1590170700
      ISBN10: 1590170709

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

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