Cabot Wright Begins

Name: Cabot Wright Begins
Author: James Purdy

by James Purdy

Novel chronicling a man's life through rape confessions and media sensationalism

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James Purdy

James Purdy was a unique and darkly visionary American writer who created grotesque, tender, and disturbing fiction about American loneliness and failed love. His work was championed in Britain and by Gore Vidal before gaining wider recognition.

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