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Purdy recalls that eustace chisholm and the works named one of the publishing triangles 100 best lesbian and gay novels of the 20th centuryoutraged the new york literary establishment. After the frothy mischief of cabot wright begins, an hilariously abusive portrait of life in the sixties, james purdy now returns to an earlier mode, that insinuating mixture of the neogothic and the flat conversational style used in malcolm, the nephew, and the stories, one of which stems partly from mccullers, jane bowles, and capote, though invested primarily with his own sly, parabolic. His novel eustace chisholm and the works was named by the publishing triangle as one of the top 100 gay novels of the 20th century. The strange, unsettling fiction of james purdy the new yorker. Search for library items search for lists search for. Buy the paperback book eustace chisholm and the works. A literary cult hero of major proportions, james purdys exquisitely surreal. The complete shorts stories of james purdy purdy james download bok. Narrow rooms ebook by james purdy 1230003112915 rakuten kobo.
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