AUTHOR AID ASSOCIATES
LITERARY REPRESENTATIVES
340 EAST 52nd STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
Cable: MAXBIRD, NEW YORK
1 November 1991
To: Maurice
Morrow reports: "I owe you many apolo sies for keeping
this So long.. . Rowdon's book is very srong, written
quite obviously by a brilliant man. However, I must
pass because of its downbeat premise and message. Al-
though I tend to agree, I do think it would be a terri-
bly hard sell for us here at Morrow. I keep thinking
if he focuses primarily on how we can begin to make the
environment better by seeing the error in our cultural
assumptions, he would have a more marketable book.
But that may be too simplistic."
Sorry. The ms. has gone to the Simon Michael Bessie
imprint at Pantheon. Please send the fresh copy
I asked for; the Morrow reading shopwore one copy.
I'm reading the novel and will be in touch; meanwhile
I feel you should submit to HarperCollins in Britain
direct, if possible. Good luck with house hunting.
Arthur
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