Garments the Living Wear

Author(s): James Purdy

Hardback fiction | Literary Fiction

James Purdy's new novel, Garments the Living Wear, is a vision of evil and dark salvation peopled with bizarre and memorable characters. Satirizing life in New York City in the 1980s, its themes include the scourge of AIDS, criminal conspiracies, the excesses of the superrich, modern evangelism, and love in its many forms.

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Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780720607338
  • : Peter Owen
  • : Peter Owen
  • : 0.318
  • : 01 April 1989
  • : {"length"=>["8.5"], "width"=>["5.5"], "units"=>["Inches"]}
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : James Purdy
  • : hardback with dustjacket
  • : very good
  • : 240