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Typed Note Signed
[1962]. September 8, [1962]. A brief typed note signed: "Dear Mrs. Micou: Thank you for your kind note. I'm glad that you liked the book, and that you thought to write to tell me. Sincerely, Philip Roth." Although not stated, this note was written in 1962, and the book in question was Roth's first full-length novel, Letting Go. More than 50 years after this letter, Ann McKinstry Micou received her doctorate from Drew University with a dissertation on the power of place in the New Jersey fiction of Philip Roth, Richard Ford, and Junot Diaz. On paper that has been clipped down to 5" x 5", folded at the upper and lower margins. Mildly age-toned; near fine. [#032687] SOLD

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