Question 'bout TP on Catch 22

[Danny Weltman]

The letter is in the Brandeis University Joseph Heller Collection because
Candida Donadio sent a copy of it to Heller, according to David Seed's
article "Pynchon, Joseph Heller, and V." published in Pynchon Notes.

Danny

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 8:15 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> hello P-listers,
>
> Hope you are all keeping cool as possible and finding time to care about
> something.
>
> Many of you have heard about or read Pynchon's very positive response to
> Heller's Catch 22.
>
> "I love it. I won't tell you how much, or why, because I always sound
> phony whenever I start running off at the mouth like a literary critic. But
> it is close to the finest novel I've ever read.
>
> ps -- Who is this guy Heller and when is he going to write another one?"
>
> Do we know the source for this? Was it one of those letters that Candida
> sold and is hands off? I've checked the HRC letters and I'm pretty sure
> it's not in there. Write me off list if you prefer.
>
>
>
>
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