Moe's Villa & Other Stories

A new collection of short stories in which James,Purdy produces the same 'magnificent simplicity',that Edith Sitwell extolled when reviewing his,earlier collections. ""There is never a sentence,too much, never a word too much."" From the great,opera star and her talking cat to the young girl,with her fire-breathing dragon; from two black,ladies in retirement and their mysterious tenant -,a world-renowned film star - to young illegal,Mexicans and their 'cracked' landlord, Purdy shows,himself again to be the master of the short story.