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Naeem Murr

The Perfect Man (Random House) Naeem Murr's work has been described as perverse—but he insists that this perversity seems ordinary to him.

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By Michael Silverblatt • Aug 30, 2007 • 30m Listen

The Perfect Man (Random House)

Naeem Murr's work has been described as perverse -- but he insists that this perversity seems ordinary to him. Here, we examine Murr's ordinary 1950's Southern town, Pisgah, and the depravity, insanity, racism and violence that seem ordinary to him.

Read an excerpt from The Perfect Man.

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    Michael Silverblatt

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