Can you ever forgive me?: memoirs of a literary forger by Lee Israel

Author:Lee Israel [Israel, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: United States, Literary forgeries and mystifications, Letters, Letters - Forgeries, Literary Criticism, 20th century, Authors; American, Israel; Lee, General, Literary, Criminals & Outlaws, Personal Memoirs, Books & Reading, Biography & Autobiography, Forgers, Editors; Journalists; Publishers, Biography, Forgers - United States
ISBN: 9781416588672
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-08-04T23:00:00+00:00

The ten or so Lillian Hellmans I created were based on an actual letter to me, which I discovered in my files late in my criminal career. I’d written to her to request an interview for my Tallulah biography. Portraying the wicked Regina Giddens in Hellman’s The Little Foxes had been the capstone of Tallulah’s acting career and I wanted to talk to the playwright about that time. Not surprisingly, since a Hellman turndown is standard issue in the kit bag of American biography, she refused to cooperate. She was a difficult woman: happily, her signature was easy.

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