Eustace Chisholm and the Works Florence Ashley the story of how he

the story of how he survived a violent childhood home

liegt deren Beginn in den USA und Europa Ende der siebziger Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts

two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries

Something sinister is evolving in Altamira

It's purer this way

Eustace Chisholm and the Works Florence Ashley the story of how heNo James Purdy novel has dazzled contemporary writers more than this haunting tale of unrequited love in an indifferent world. A seedy depression era boarding house in Chicago plays host to "a game of emotional chairs" (The Guardian) in a novel initially condemned for its frank depiction of abortion, homosexuality, and life on the margins of American society. A cast of characters displaced by economic distress congeal around the embittered poet