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Biographical note
James Purdy (1914–2009) published more than fifty works of fiction, poetry, and plays, including Malcolm, The Nephew, Eustace Chisholm and the Works, Jeremy's Version, The House of the Solitary Maggot, Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue, and Moe's Villa and Other Stories. He has been translated into over thirty languages. Mr. Purdy received numerous awards for his work, including the Morten Dauwen Zabel Fiction award from the Academy of Arts and Letters and the Fadiman Award from the Mercantile Library.James Purdy's plays have much of the exciting existentiality that infuses his novels and seem content to take drama to interesting places it does not always want to go.
- Edward Albee,
James Purdy is an authentic American genius.
- Gore Vidal,
James Purdy's Selected Plays will break your damaged little heart.
- John Waters,
Purdy is a writer of the highest rank in originality, insight, and power.
- Dorothy Parker,
One of the greatest writers produced in America during the past hundred years.
- Dame Edith Sitwell,
These four darkly shimmering plays are a very welcome addition to Purdy's shelf of novels and stories, and once more reveal him to be a pure, unique, and unforgettable voice in the literature of our time.
- Bradford Morrow,