1985. Two typed notes signed and one typed letter signed. In the first note, Boyd agrees in principle to write an unspecified article and discusses his trepidation about the reception of his book Stars and Bars in the U.S. In the second note, he proposes that the article be about a recent, disastrous Parisian publicity tour. In the letter, with the tour article ruled out, he proposes reviewing a gallery show and tells the recipient he is "breathing a tiny bit easier" about Stars and Bars. Stars and Bars was Boyd's third novel; his first, A Good Man in Africa, had won the Whitbread Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award; his second, An Ice Cream War, was winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Each letter is folded for mailing; the second has a small spot, not affecting text; else fine, with envelopes. [#015493] SOLD