Book collecting -- United States

Inquiring about a proof copy of Cities of the Plain.

Asking McCarthy to inscribe Cities of the Plain.

Sending Cities of the Plain for inscription; congratulations on wedding and wife’s pregnancy.

Working on a new collection; going to Morocco.

Sorry he missed McCarthy’s phone call; Asks about status of Curtis book.

Sending a “have-list” of his CMcC collection [not included]; offers to buy anything McCarthy has that’s not on the list.

Inquiring how to pronounce “Suttree.” Arguing with friend that it is “Suhtree.”

Woolmer and Staley thinking of coming out in to El Paso in October.

Attended American Academy awards and disappointed McCarthy was a no-show. Hopes to see him in El Paso in fall.

Complimenting “The Wolf Trapper.”

Sending books for signature; read in a London Times poll that both John Banville and Roddy Doyle listed McCarthy as one of “the greatest living novelists writing in English.”

Thanking for signed books.

Informing him that Robert Penn Warren considers McCarthy a “most talented writer.” Recommends the film Wise Blood.

Sending May 2, 1980 TLS review of Suttree [review included].

Received Triquarterly. “The Scalphunters” is powerful, but confused about characters. Comments on the stuffing genitals into victim’s mouths. Mentions reading John Yount.

Suggests getting together if McCarthy comes out East.

Promising to look for the Browning book. Asks if McCarthy couldn’t use a good agent.

Has asked John Malcolm Brinnin [Gertrude Stein and Dylan Thomas biographer] about agents and his is Dorothy Olding of the Harold Ober Associates, Inc. Waiting for “the western” to come out; is buying up copies of Orchard Keeper to hand out to friends.

Congratulations on receiving the MacArthur grant. Wall Street Journal clipping about the grant from November 19, 1981 included.

Recommending agent Peter Shepherd who handles Muriel Spark in the U.S. and suggests McCarthy contact him.