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TYPED LETTER SIGNED NORMAN MAILER
Typed on his letterhead. Dated "22 March 1984" and addressed "Dear Phyllis". Reads "Thanks for the good words. ... My new book, by the way, is about Provincetown in the winter. It's a murder mystery, and kind of readable, I expect, but it'll be a success fou [ sic] since everybody will think it's about people they know in Provincetown, but indeed it isn't. All the characters are made up, indeed, after you read the book, you'll say they better be. ...". Signed "Norman". Handwritten inscription below signature "Discard after you've read it!". Mailer is referring to his novel Tough Guys Don't Dance, his favorite and considered his best book, which he wrote under financial pressure in two months. It was made into a movie that he directed on location in 1987.

Typed on his letterhead. Dated "22 March 1984" and addressed "Dear Phyllis". Reads "Thanks for the good words. ... My new book, by the way, is about Provincetown in the winter. It's a murder mystery, and kind of readable, I expect, but it'll be a success fou [ sic] since everybody will think it's about people they know in Provincetown, but indeed it isn't. All the characters are made up, indeed, after you read the book, you'll say they better be. ...". Signed "Norman". Handwritten inscription below signature "Discard after you've read it!". Mailer is referring to his novel Tough Guys Don't Dance, his favorite and considered his best book, which he wrote under financial pressure in two months. It was made into a movie that he directed on location in 1987.
Condition: Letter folded into thirds and slightly toned at extreme edges, more prominently verso, from being folded. Drink ring verso.


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