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Dear Alan,<ref> The public was informed of the novel’s title in Mailer’s final “Big Bite” column in | Dear Alan,<ref>The public was informed of the novel’s title in Mailer’s final “Big Bite” column in Esquire, December 1963, which was on newsstands in mid-November before the assassination of President Kennedy. Mailer had written the column much earlier, of course, turning it in to the magazine in mid-September.</ref> | ||
Apparently the situation is not so final as I thought when writing to you last. I was under the impression that Mayflower had bought the rights to ''An American Dream'' (which is the title of the novel under discussion) but it seems that they merely have an option to give a first bid and match any counter bid, so I don’t know that we’re necessarily closed off from one another altogether. Anyway, let’s see how the book turns out. In the meantime, | Apparently the situation is not so final as I thought when writing to you last. I was under the impression that Mayflower had bought the rights to ''An American Dream'' (which is the title of the novel under discussion) but it seems that they merely have an option to give a first bid and match any counter bid, so I don’t know that we’re necessarily closed off from one another altogether. Anyway, let’s see how the book turns out. In the meantime, | ||
Revision as of 19:34, 9 April 2019
| NORMAN MAILER’s Letters |
- 142 Columbia Heights
- Brooklyn 1, New York
- November 4, 1963
Dear Alan,[1]
Apparently the situation is not so final as I thought when writing to you last. I was under the impression that Mayflower had bought the rights to An American Dream (which is the title of the novel under discussion) but it seems that they merely have an option to give a first bid and match any counter bid, so I don’t know that we’re necessarily closed off from one another altogether. Anyway, let’s see how the book turns out. In the meantime,
- my best to you
- Norman Mailer
- my best to you
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Notes
- ↑ The public was informed of the novel’s title in Mailer’s final “Big Bite” column in Esquire, December 1963, which was on newsstands in mid-November before the assassination of President Kennedy. Mailer had written the column much earlier, of course, turning it in to the magazine in mid-September.
