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Press File Once my interest in the subject receded, I retained and loved the books but progressively ceased to re- read them. When one of my daughters married a mountaineer, I asked him whether he would like to have this collection. His eyes lit up. Now they are cherished by someone to whom their often- read pages have new meaning. To find such an individual is by far the best solution. The other is to find an institution which will guarantee the care and integrity of a collec- tion. My collection of books on the war in Burma, for example, is now lodged in the University of London as part of the Burma Campaign Memorial Library, more than half of which consists of books donated by war veterans. The most exquisite dilemma is that facing authors who acquire (perhaps buy) unsold copies of their own books when their publishers declare them out of print. All their friends have bought copies. What now? What authors want done with their books is quite simple: they want someone to read them. I recently discovered a forgotten cache of a book I wrote some years ago, stored in my garage. The Oxfam story has given me the idea of taking them, one at a time, to the local Oxfam shop, and replacing them, anonymously of course, when (and, of course, if) they are sold. Gordon Graham 54 LOGOS 15/1 © WHURR PUBLISHERS 2004 André Deutsch and prison visits From Eric de Bellaigue In Diana Athill’s engaging article on André Deutsch (Volume 14, Issue 4), she reaches one conclusion that caught my attention: “Looking after his parents, whom he had settled in St Johns Woo d (which he did most scrupulously), and l o v i n g o n e w o m a n : t h a t w a s a s m u c h o f t h e ‘outside’ as he could manage.” F o r m y p a r t , I r e m e m b e r m e e t i n g A n d r é once in the street and, when asked where he was heading, was told that he was off on one of his prison visits. This fits a little awkwardly with Diana Athill’s judgment. Was there, after all, I wonder, a more humane side to him? Letter to the Editor LOGOS 15.1_crc 15/3/04 12:12 pm Page 54
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Published: Jan 1, 2004
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