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In A Shallow Grave
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0872862348
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This book is one of the darkest that Purdy has written, about a veteran named Garnet Montrose who returns to his Southern home totally disfigured and nauseatingly repellent to anyone who sees him. His primary relationships are with two young men, Quintus Pearch and Potter Daventry, whom he hires to rub his feet and deliver messages to his childhood sweetheart, now the widow Georgina Rance. The story is told in first person, and once you get caught in its grim magic, you will not want to finish it but you won't be able to stop reading.
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Product Details
ISBN:
9780872862340
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
11/01/1988
Publisher:
CITY LIGHTS BOOKS
Pages:
140
Height:
8 in.
Width:
5.4 in.
Thickness:
.4 in.
Grade Range:
General/trade
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2001
Series Volume:
[v. 6]
UPC Code:
2800872862342
Author:
Gregory Crewdson
Author:
James Purdy
Subject:
Gay and Lesbian-Gay Fiction
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General Fiction
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Fiction
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