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...Nephew sets out to disown both the technique and theme of Malcolm. The first paragraph shows us that a different, more conservative Purdy is writing...
...wish I could report enthusiastically about James Purdy's latest work, The Nephew, But unfortunately this second novel lacks those outstanding qualities of insight and fantasy that made Malcolm, his first novel, so extraordinary...
...Nephew seems to have been conceived--quite intentionally--in realistic, conventional terms, perhaps in an effort to mirror its platitudinous theme: that people can eventually come to understand one another. Here the uncommunicative world Purdy created in Malcolm, half-seen, half-dreamt, is no longer considered the true metaphor of the human condition...
...Helpful Nephew. With no experience and little interest in the mechanics of government, the Prime Minister relies heavily on her heavy-set nephew, Felix Dias Bandaranaike, 30, who is Minister of Finance and Parliamentary Secretary. Arrogant and bluntspoken, Nephew Felix strongly supports his aunt's school and language policies-even though he himself is a Christian and grew up speaking English (he is now being feverishly tutored in Singhalese...
...NEPHEW, by James Purdy. A moving and delicately controlled demonstration that even the most seemingly placid lives are sometimes tenuously suspended over the deep. An aging brother and sister discover that the nephew they had loved and raised and who died in Korea had made some dark emotional commitments beyond the old folks' understanding...