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Sat Jun 21
James Purdy defies literary genres. Maybe that’s why I picked up this book never having heard of him. In a Shallow Grave is about a war scarred man that comes home to find that no one can look at him without becoming physically ill, due to his appearance. He befriends two young men on his quest to have a normal life, and win back his childhood sweetheart. Purdy mixes religious/gay/southern themes together in one unique story.

James Purdy defies literary genres. Maybe that’s why I picked up this book never having heard of him. In a Shallow Grave is about a war scarred man that comes home to find that no one can look at him without becoming physically ill, due to his appearance. He befriends two young men on his quest to have a normal life, and win back his childhood sweetheart. Purdy mixes religious/gay/southern themes together in one unique story.