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James Purdy

James Purdy (1914 – 2009) published several collections of stories, poetry and plays, as well as a number of novels, including Cabot Wright Begins and Eustace Chisholm & the Works.

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Fiction | Issue 1 padlock
Fiction | Issue 1 padlock

Summer Tidings

James Purdy

‘He washed the quivering flesh of the wound in thick yellow soap.’

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