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James Purdy : life of a contrarian writer / Michael Snyder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snyder, Michael, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authors, American--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Purdy, James, 1914-2009.
- Purdy, James.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (457 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- This is a biography of a gay American novelist, story writer, and playwright who in the early 1960s was considered a major talent and whose work was praised by Jonathan Franzen, Susan Sontag, Langston Hughes, and Tennessee Williams.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-760974-0
- 0-19-760975-9
- 0-19-760973-2
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