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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 14 > Purdy, 94, authored underground classics

Purdy, 94, authored underground classics

By Hillel Italie / The Bulletin
March 14, 2009

NEW YORK — Author James Purdy, a shocking realist and surprising romantic who in underground classics such as “Cabot Wright Begins” and “Eustace Chisholm and the Works” inspired censorious outrage and lasting admiration, has died.

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