“You damn near killed me. I’ve put that behind me, but I haven’t forgotten the smallest detail. Nothing, I assure you. I made something [in ‘Herzog’] of the abuses I suffered at your hands.”— Saul Bellow to ex-wife Sondra, quoted in Letters (2010), edited by Benjamin Taylor
Maybe in 1964, the future Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize-winning novelist could get away with that admission. Nowadays, though, ex-wife Sondra would march over to her attorney’s brandishing this missive in triumph, virtually assuring a nice little court settlement of any suit she might want to file for defamation of character.
Maybe in 1964, the future Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize-winning novelist could get away with that admission. Nowadays, though, ex-wife Sondra would march over to her attorney’s brandishing this missive in triumph, virtually assuring a nice little court settlement of any suit she might want to file for defamation of character.
Oh, those were the good ol' days when things weren't so politically correct that we were completely stifled by reaction.
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