Purchase
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Lee Israel
Memoirs of a Literary Forger
Simon & Schuster
August 2008
On Sale: August 5, 2008
144 pages
ISBN: 1416588671
EAN: 9781416588672
Hardcover
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction Memoir
Before turning to the criminal life, running a onewoman
forgery scam out of an Upper West Side studio shared with
her tortoiseshell cat, and dodging the FBI, Lee Israel
enjoyed a celebrated reputation as an author. When her
writing career suddenly took a turn for the worse, she
conceived of the astonishing literary scheme that fooled
even many of the experts. Forging hundreds of letters from
such collectible luminaries as Dorothy Parker, Noël Coward,
and Lillian Hellman -- and recreating their autographs with
a flourish -- Israel sold her "memorabilia" to dealers
across the country, producing a collection of pitch-perfect
imitations virtually indistinguishable from the voices of
their real-life counterparts. Exquisitely written, with
reproductions of her marvelous forgeries, Can You Ever
Forgive Me? is Israel's delightful, hilarious memoir of
a brilliant and audacious literary crime caper.
Comments
No comments posted.
Registered users may leave comments.
Log in or register now!
| 
© 2003-2025 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy