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From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> Dear Don and List,
>
> My unassisted memory seems to recall reading about a Penguin editor's
> gaffe. He decided that Martin Amis's foreword to "Lolita" was infinitely
> superior to the effort of John Ray Jnr PhD and expunged the latter's po-
> faced contribution. One may imagine the screaming and yelling that went on
> at Penguin before the entire printing was pulped; and the reaction of
> Vivian Darkbloom -- a transparent thing in fits of laughter.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom (Rymour)
From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> Dear Don and List,
>
> My unassisted memory seems to recall reading about a Penguin editor's
> gaffe. He decided that Martin Amis's foreword to "Lolita" was infinitely
> superior to the effort of John Ray Jnr PhD and expunged the latter's po-
> faced contribution. One may imagine the screaming and yelling that went on
> at Penguin before the entire printing was pulped; and the reaction of
> Vivian Darkbloom -- a transparent thing in fits of laughter.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom (Rymour)