No James Purdy novel has dazzled contemporary writers more than this haunting tale of unrequited love in an indifferent world.
A seedy depression-era boarding house in Chicago plays host to a game of emotional chairs ( The Guardian ) in a novel initially condemned for its frank depiction of abortion, homosexuality, and life on the margins of American society.
A cast of characters displaced by economic distress congeal around the embittered poet Eustace Chisholm, who acts as a some.
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