fraeon
Films
BrowseTop 250
Series
TV ShowsAnimeTop 250 TVTop 100 Anime
Games
BrowseTop 100
Books
BooksMangaTop 125 BooksTop 100 Manga
For youTrendingTier ListsThe ArchiveLeaderboard
Log inSign up free
fraeon

Everything you watch, play and read — tracked, rated and remembered in one library.

Explore

  • Films
  • TV
  • Anime
  • Games
  • Books
  • Manga

Discover

  • Trending
  • Leaderboard
  • Find people
  • Lists
  • Tier lists

Company

  • Tour
  • About
  • Community guidelines
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Contact

© 2026 fraeon. All rights reserved. ·

Metadata from TMDB, RAWG, Jikan & Open Library. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Questions or ideas? mehmet@avortas.com

HomeFeedProfile
Malcolm

Malcolm

by James Purdy - undifferentiated

1959Eccentrics and eccentricitiesFictionGay youthYoung menFiction, lgbtq+, gay
0.0
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

Malcolm is a classic innocent, led from one protective personality to another in the search for his missing father. He becomes involved in a series of poignant and wildly comic adventures as he is taken under the wing of an astrologer, an undertaker, a jazz queen and other eccentric characters.

Themes & subjects

Eccentrics and eccentricitiesFictionGay youthYoung menFiction, lgbtq+, gayFiction, general
First published 1959

About the author

James Purdy - undifferentiated

1923 – 2009

American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright

Author

James Purdy - undifferentiated

First published

1959

Pages

208

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

13

Language

English

Publisher

Avon Books

ISBN

9780822207191

Where to buy

TR
Amazon Bookshop

Reviews

No reviews yet — be the first to write one from the Log screen.

Quotes

No quotes yet.

Discussions

Similar books

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Childrens Media Tie-In Books · Children's Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

1964

Darkwater; voices from within the veil

Race relations · African Americans

Darkwater; voices from within the veil

W. E. B. Du Bois

1920

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Charlie Bucket (Fictitious character) · Juvenile fiction

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl

1972

Doctor Grimshawe's Secret

American fiction (fictional works by one author) · Eccentrics and eccentricities

Doctor Grimshawe's Secret

Nathaniel Hawthorne

1882

The horse's mouth

Man-woman relationships · Artists in literature

The horse's mouth

Joyce Cary

1944

海辺のカフカ

Self-actulaization (Psychology) · Fiction

海辺のカフカ

村上春樹

2001

Hadrian the Seventh

Fiction · Popes

Hadrian the Seventh

Frederick William Rolfe

1904

The Quest for Corvo

Gay authors · British

The Quest for Corvo

Alphonse James Albert Symons

1934

Stargirl

Individuality · Excentriques

Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli

2000

The Towers of Trebizond

British · Eccentrics and eccentricities

The Towers of Trebizond

Rose Macaulay

1956

Housekeeping

American fiction · Aunts

Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson

1980

Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or, The bomb party

Eccentrics and eccentricities · Fiction

Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or, The bomb party

Graham Greene

1908

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner · award:national_book_critics_circle_award=2007

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

2007

Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych

Eccentrics and eccentricities · Fiction

Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych

Olga Tokarczuk

2009

The Beetle. A Mystery

Fiction, occult & supernatural · Egypt, fiction

The Beetle. A Mystery

Richard Marsh

1897

Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törless

Fiction · Teenage boys

Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törless

Robert Musil

1906

Finistère

Children of divorced parents · Classic Literature

Finistère

Fritz Peters

1951

Kinjiki

Fiction · Gay youth

Kinjiki

三島由紀夫

1964