Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Letter to Diana Athill (5 July 1964)

Detailed notes for the Deutsch catalogue copy — objecting that "evil wife" oversimplifies Deborah, preferring "tragic, tormented, half-evil wife" — and other jacket comments.

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Letter to Diana Athill (5 July 1964). Detailed notes for the Deutsch catalogue copy — objecting that “evil wife” oversimplifies Deborah, preferring “tragic, tormented, half-evil wife” — and other jacket comments.

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