Town Called Malice artists spanning a number of genres: Town Called Malice "Town Called Malice" is a song recorded by British band the Jam from the album "The Gift". It debuted at number one in the UK Singles Chart in February 1982. The title is a play on the 1950 Nevil Shute novel "A Town Like Alice," although Paul Weller says he had not read the book at the time. It was a double A-side single release featuring "Precious" as the flip side. A 12" version was also available with a live version of "Town Called Malice" backed by an extended version of
The Town (Richter novel) The Town (Richter novel) The Town (1950) is a novel written by American author Conrad Richter. It is the third installment of his trilogy The Awakening Land. "The Trees" (1940) and "The Fields" (1946) were the earlier portions of the series. "The Town" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951. In September 1966, his publisher Alfred A. Knopf reissued the trilogy for the first time as a single hardcover volume. According to the edition notice of this all-in-one version—which lists the original publication dates of the three books -- "The Town" was first published on 24 April 1950.