The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy
- ISBN-10
- 0871406691
- ISBN-13
- 9780871406699
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 726
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-22
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- James Purdy
Description
Collected together for the first time are more than 50 short stories, some previously unpublished, from the author of Malcom and Cabot Wright Begins whose work was initially censored and considered scandalous. 13,000 first printing.
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