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63, Dream Palaceby James PurdyISBN 0140057323 (0-14-005732-3)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Candles of Your Eyesby James PurdyISBN 0720606942 (0-7206-0694-2)
Hardcover, Owen Limited, Peter
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Children Is Allby James PurdyISBN 0586035923 (0-586-03592-3)
Softcover, Random House
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Color of Darknessby James PurdyISBN 0385095597 (0-385-09559-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Dream Palaces: Three Novelsby James PurdyISBN 0670284637 (0-670-28463-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Eustace Chisholm and the Worksby James PurdyISBN 0586033653 (0-586-03365-3)
Softcover, Panther Publications
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Garments the Living Wearby James PurdyISBN 0720607337 (0-7206-0733-7)
Hardcover, Owen Limited, Peter
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Garments the Living Wear'Book summary:A vision of evil and dark salvation peopled with bizarre and memorable characters. Satirizing New York in the 1980s, its themes include the scourge of AIDS, criminal conspiracies, the excesses of the super-rich, transexualism, modern evangelism, and love in many forms.[via]More editions of Garments the Living Wear:
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Gertrude of Stony Island Avenueby James PurdyISBN 0688172261 (0-688-17226-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue'Book summary:In 1956, James Purdy published Don't Call Me By My Right Name and Other Stories, and in the years since, he has produced some of the most remarkable stories, novels, and plays in the English language. Praised by artists as diverse as Dame Edith Sitwell, Gore Vidal, and John Waters for his evocative diction, emotional subtlety, and disturbingly baroque narratives, Purdy has created an emotional, psychological landscape uniquely American in its depiction of fear, love, loss, and violence. In Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue--his 14th novel and 46th book--he charts the life of Carrie Kinsella, a stifled, repressed woman who suddenly realizes the emptiness of her own life after the death of her daughter Gertrude, a brilliant artist. In her search for the "real" Gertrude, Carrie realizes that it is actually herself she is attempting to find. As in his classics Eustace Chisolm and the Works and In a Shallow Grave, Purdy's understanding of the horrors of the human heart--and the slim but possible potential for salvation--shines through here in ways that are devastating and sublime. Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue is James Purdy at his best, which is to say magnificent. --Michael Bronski [via]
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The House Of The Solitary Maggotby James PurdyISBN 0385044135 (0-385-04413-5)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Lady Bythewaite, his common-law wife, had a devouring love that filled her entire existence, but never affected her iron will and the implacable destiny that led from it. Only Clarence of the three sons could claim the Skegg name, and at the first opportunity he ran off to New York to change it. When he came back, it was with a new name, silent picture fame, and a deadly vengeance to act out. Owen Hawkins was the acknowledged son who lived with Lady Bythewaite. A delicate lad, his world included each of his family, with a devotion that was frightening. Aiken Cusworth was the bastard. A great hulking horse-tamer with the smell of the fields and animals on him, he had a single bent that yanked man and beast to the line of his terrible whim. Together, they lived in the house of the solitary maggot.More editions of The House Of The Solitary Maggot:
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I Am Elijah Thrushby James PurdyISBN 0224007785 (0-224-00778-5)
Hardcover, Cape
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In a Shallow Graveby James PurdyISBN 0352308893 (0-352-30889-3)
Softcover, Star Publishing Company
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In the Hollow of His Handby James PurdyISBN 0720606950 (0-7206-0695-0)
Hardcover, Owen Limited, Peter
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Jeremy's Versionby James PurdyISBN 0224005502 (0-224-00550-2)
Hardcover, Random House
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Malcolmby James PurdyISBN 0140055959 (0-14-005595-9)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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Mourners Belowby James PurdyISBN 0720606217 (0-7206-0621-7)
Hardcover, Peter Owen Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mourners Below'Book summary:Description: 295 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Brothers and sisters --Death --Fiction. Form/Genre: Psychological fiction. [via]
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Softcover, Arena Books - Mourners Below: ISBN 0140061932 (0-14-006193-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Mourners Below: ISBN 0517605384 (0-517-60538-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing - Mourners Below: ISBN 067049142X (0-670-49142-X)
Hardcover, Viking Press - Mourners Below: ISBN 0720606217 (0-7206-0621-7)
Hardcover, Peter Owen Ltd
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The Nephewby James PurdyISBN 014005670X (0-14-005670-X)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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On Glory's Courseby James PurdyISBN 0720606330 (0-7206-0633-0)
Hardcover, Owen Limited, Peter
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Out With the Starsby James PurdyISBN 0720608619 (0-7206-0861-9)
Hardcover, P. Owen
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Out With the Stars'Book summary:Following the discovery of an anonymous libretto, a composer comes out of retirement to write an opera based on the life of the infamous novelist-turned-photographer Cyril Vane. A dazzling novel by one of Americas most underrated writers.[via]More editions of Out With the Stars:
Sixty-Three: Dream Palace and Other Storiesby James PurdyISBN 0586033661 (0-586-03366-1)
Softcover, Random House
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