Letter to Susan Abrams (24 September 1966)
Norman Mailer's Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969, ed. J. Michael Lennon (Sligo Press, 2004); transcription via the An American Dream Expanded digital edition (Project Mailer).
Dear Susan,1
Just a line to say hello. An American Dream is awful. No excuses I’m afraid, I just sold it. As for the recommendation, of course I knew.
Notes
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In this letter to fan Susan Abrams, Mailer is referring to the film version of the novel. Friends told him it was awful. ↩