Nathan Johnson, forty-eight and restless, began his career as a door-to-door lingerie salesman, reaching the top of the rag trade with a penthouse overlooking Manhattan. A 'confirmed social climber' in 1990s New York City, he looks back on his early struggles, indulging fantasies of life as a country squire on Blueberry Hill - the Westchester estate he buys his wife Muriel as a birthday present. He meets a model from Iowa, different from the rest, and is captivated.
When, out of the blue, a letter marked 'personal' arrives, his wife opens it and life unravels. A Letter Marked Personal is J.P.Donleavy's final novel, completed in 2007. His portrait of a flawed Anglophile delineates the American Dream, from aspirational greed to the vanity of human wishes.
This poignant story of Nathan's rise and demise speaks for the everyman - an apt farewell from one of literature's true originals.
| ISBN: | 9781843516989 |
| Publication date: | 31st October 2020 |
| Author: | Donleavy, J.P. |
| Publisher: | The Lilliput Press |
| Format: | Ebook |
Nathan Johnson, forty-eight and restless, began his career as a door-to-door lingerie salesman, reaching the top of the rag trade with a penthouse overlooking Manhattan. A 'confirmed social climber' in 1990s New York City, he looks back on his early struggles, indulging fantasies of life as a country squire on Blueberry Hill - the Westchester estate he buys his wife Muriel as a birthday present.
Letter Marked Personal features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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Letter Marked Personal was written by Donleavy, J.P. and published by The Lilliput Press
£3.02. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..