Los Angeles Mirror
"Sadness and Humor in Malamud Book"
by Rex Barely, Los Angeles, CA
"For S. Levin, aged 30, a reformed alcoholic seeking meaning and a new purpose in life as a teacher in a minor college in the Pacific Northwest far from his native New York, was destined to be the butt of of every twist of fate seemingly desgined to thwart his highest
purposes."
