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  <name><![CDATA[James Purdy]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[James Otis Purdy's &quot;dark, often savagely comic fiction evoked a psychic American landscape of deluded innocence, sexual obsession, violence and isolation.&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/books/14purdy.html?_r=1&amp;ref=arts&quot;&gt;NY Times obituary&lt;/a&gt;) He was an author of novels, short stories, poetry and plays. His works were controversial and often panned by critics but received praise from authors such as Edward Albee, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Gore Vidal. 

Purdy grew up in Ohio before moving to Chicago. After serving in the Army, he attended the University of Puebla in Puebla, Mexico, the University of Chicago and the University of Madrid. From 1949 to 1953 he taught at Lawrence College in Appleton, Wis. In 1960 he moved to New York City, where his literary career took off after meeting photographer Carl Van Vechten.

Purdy was the recipient of the Morton Dauwen Zabel Fiction Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1993) and was nominated for the 1985 PEN/Faulkner Award for his novel [book: On Glory's Course] (1984). In addition, he won two Guggenheim Fellowships (1958 and 1962), and grants from the Ford Foundation (1961), and Rockefeller Foundation. 

[Information for biography from Wikipedia and obituaries]
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  <title><![CDATA[Eustace Chisholm and the Works]]></title>
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  <published>1968</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Malcolm]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
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  <published>1966</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Narrow Rooms]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Purdy]]></name>
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  <published>1978</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[In a Shallow Grave]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Purdy]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.46</average_rating>
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  <published>1976</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[63: Dream Palace, Selected Stories, 1956-1987]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Purdy]]></name>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Color of Darkness]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Purdy]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.35</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>17</ratings_count>
  <published>1957</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[I Am Elijah Thrush]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Purdy]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2273.James_Purdy]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>18</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Nephew]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Purdy]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>16</ratings_count>
  <published>1961</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Purdy]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>13</ratings_count>
  <published>1997</published>  
  
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        <book id="1306692">
  <title><![CDATA[Moe's Villa and Other Stories]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[James Purdy]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2273.James_Purdy]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.55</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>11</ratings_count>
  <published>2000</published>  
  
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