Grumbach, Doris 1918–

An American novelist, critic, and biographer, Grumbach is the author of Chamber Music. This fictional memoir of a turn-of-the-century marriage juxtaposes the decorum of American puritanical manners against incest, homosexuality, and lesbianism in the elegantly archaic language of that time. Grumbach has also written a critical biography of Mary McCarthy, The Company She Kept. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.)