Malone Dies: Introduced by Claire-Louise Bennett

The second of the three greatest novels by the era-defining Nobel laureate, reissued for a new generation. Nothing is more real than nothing. Malone, a decrepit old man, lies naked in his bed, scrawling bitter observations in an exercise book.

The second of the three greatest novels by the era-defining Nobel laureate, reissued for a new generation.

Nothing is more real than nothing.

Malone, a decrepit old man, lies naked in his bed, scrawling bitter observations in an exercise book. He is fed on a bed-table, his chamber pot is emptied, he hooks items with his stick, he looks out of the window. He tells the story of a man, looked after by nurses, taken for an ill-fated picnic on an island in the sea. As his mind disintegrates, so does the novel . . .

Malone Dies is the second of the three great novels Samuel Beckett produced during his ''frenzy of writing'' in the late 1940s. The others are Molloy and The Unnamable.

• | Author: Samuel Beckett
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Mar 13, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780571386758
• | ISBN-10: 057138675X