BIB_ID
345753
Accession number
MA 8416.3
Creator
Scott, Paul, 1920-1978.
Display Date
1971 Nov. 24.
Credit line
Man Booker Prize Collection. Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters of Paul Scott.
The letters to Leon Drucker (MA 8416.1-10) were acquired by Peter Straus together, as lot 371 in an unidentified catalogue or sale.
The letters to Leon Drucker (MA 8416.1-10) were acquired by Peter Straus together, as lot 371 in an unidentified catalogue or sale.
Provenance
Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Summary
Concerning literary gossip and contenders for various prizes, noting "must confess was a bit miffed not even being in the chosen six contenders for the Booker - but there you are. Tomorrow I expect we shall hear that VS Naipaul has got it."
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