The Victim

In this unique noir masterpiece by the incomparable Saul Bellow, a young man is sucked into the mysterious, heatfilled vortex of New York City. Asa Leventhal, a temporary bachelor with his wife away on a visit to her mother, attempts to find relief from a Gotham heat wave only to be accosted in the park by a downattheheels stranger who accuses Leventhal of ruining his life. Unable to shake the stranger, Leventhal is led by his own selfdoubts and suspicions into a nightmare of paranoia and fear.