Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Penny Publication

Author:Penny Publication
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Penny Publication
Published: 2012-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

In Paris the small publisher—a man of short stature who oversaw a sparse list—had been enthusiastic about Siminov’s memoirs. It didn’t hurt that Marley mentioned financial assistance from a foundation that barely existed except on paper. The foundation had supported publication of a number of anti-Soviet books in Europe as well as providing capital to a literary magazine that only occasionally strayed into politics but was believed, for reasons no one quite understood, to be pro-American. The small publisher, whose taste in novels had never made him wealthy, argued that the foundation should budget a reasonable amount for advertising Siminov’s book. “There is no point in printing copies for the warehouse,” the man pointed out.

“Of course,” said Marley.

“So we should discuss an amount for that,” said the publisher. And they did, and Marley let some more money go, which he didn’t care about. The book would be published in Paris, by a small but reputable literary house, and there would be a British edition and perhaps one in the U.S., but that really didn’t matter. People in Europe would have more evidence of Moscow’s repression, in this case of writers. Siminov claimed to have known Pasternak and Rybakov first hand. “They were bendable,” the old Russian’s letter said.

So the book might cause a literary stir, as defenders of the maligned Soviet writers rallied in newspapers and monthlies—not that it would matter. Little of what he did mattered, Marley suspected, but he did it anyway. It told him something about the state of the conflict that in place of KGB colonels queuing to double he was dealing with second-string novelists with scores to settle. The fact the Russians had let Siminov emigrate told him they knew he was harmless.

His apartment in the not-so-chic Fourth was empty. Larry Popper had introduced him to her while everyone was in Washington. “Pretty girl, a little difficult,” was all that Popper had told him about the young woman. He had discovered for himself that she was vain and, unrelated to the first fact, didn’t love him. But by then he was in love with her, and he became a little more so with every betrayal, which told him something about himself. Speaking of scores to settle . . . Larry had no idea.

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