THE LETTER LEFT TO ME. by McElroy, Joseph.

THE LETTER LEFT TO ME.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - An unusual short novel by this award-winning author but one written in his "usual style: details accrue slowly, very slowly, through repeated examination of a few key dramatic episodes. In the late 1940s, a teenage boy receives a letter from his recently deceased father. Found among his papers after his death, the letter is full of stern, fatherly platitudes. Friends of the family praise the letter extravagantly; copies are printed up and mailed to their friends. A few years later, one of the boy's college professors analyzes the letter in class." (Library Journal) 152 pp. ISBN: 0-394571967.

Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

Book ID: 91024
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