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361 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300191967
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 29 March 2013
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In an appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in 1980, the critic Mary McCarthy glibly remarked that every word author Lillian Hellman wrote was a lie, including 'and' and 'the.' Hellman immediately filed a libel suit, charging that McCarthy's comment ...
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361 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300191967
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 29 March 2013
Description
In an appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in 1980, the critic Mary McCarthy glibly remarked that every word author Lillian Hellman wrote was a lie, including 'and' and 'the.' Hellman immediately filed a libel suit, charging that McCarthy's comment ...