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Name: The victim
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow’s The Victim follows Asa Leventhal, who is approached by a seemingly destitute stranger in the park near his home. The stranger accuses Leventhal of ruining his life, and Leventhal gradually succumbs to the man's story. The novel chronicles Leventhal’s descent into a nightmare of paranoia and fear as he grapples with the possibility that he has indeed caused irreparable damage.

First publish date: 1947

Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature

Authors: Saul Bellow

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