Reviews
[Purdy's] style is impulsive and prodding, uniquely his own, and uniquely haunting. ---Jonathan Lethem, James Purdy was out of category, out of this world, and, hence, often out of print. He was also, without question, one of the most original American writers of the twentieth century. ---Fran Lebowitz, A well-established maverick who can still find room in his fiction for the truly bizarre and unpredictable. There is certainly fun to be had in this convoluted story with prose of crystalline beauty., In his very best stories and novels Purdy has invented a poetic dreamscape where evil and naiveté collide. He is an enchanter of lost souls who delights and disturbs us with his wayward, winsome ghosts. ---Jerome Charyn, Daily Beast, [Purdy's] style is impulsive and prodding, uniquely his own, and uniquely haunting. ---Jonathan Lethem,, James Purdy was out of category, out of this world, and, hence, often out of print. He was also, without question, one of the most original American writers of the twentieth century. ---Fran Lebowitz,, Highly successful, suspended from the high ceiling of Purdy's prime, like a dazzling chandelier. Purdy has certainly never been funnier, his writing never more self-assured., James Purdy was out of category, out of this world, and hence, often out of print. He was also, without question, one of the most original American writers of the twentieth century. ---Fran Lebowitz,