Eustace Chisholm and the Works: A Novel

by James Purdy

Book, 1967

Publication

Liveright (2015), Edition: Reissue, 304 pages

Content and Summary Info

Bisexual Content: A main character (cisgender man) has/has had romantic and/or sexual relationships with people of more than one gender.

Intersecting Marginalized Identities: Several characters are working-class.

Publisher's Summary: ... Set in Chicago of the late 1930s, the novel centers on young Amos Ratcliffe and hard-bitten Daniel Haws. The pair comprises just two of 'The Works': a group of displaced people gathered around Eustace Chisholm in his run-down apartment, all searching for love amid the ruins of the Great Depression.

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