{"product_id":"9780140055955","title":"Malcolm","description":"Long out of print, James Purdy's novel \u003ci\u003eMalcolm\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1959, established Purdy as \"one of the greatest writers produced in America during the past hundred years\" (Dame Edith Sitwell). \u003ci\u003eMalcolm\u003c\/i\u003e is the bizarre story of an innocent young man of 'exceptional beauty' who becomes involved in a series of comic and poignant adventures. Taken under the wing of a famous astrologer, an undertaker, a billionaire, a midget painter, a jazz queen, America's foremost chanteuse, and a tattoo artist, among others, Malcolm is led endlessly from protector to protector in search of his missing father, until the journey itself becomes his undoing.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011612262640,"sku":"9780140055955","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140055955","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}