<> Boyd Letters Boyd Estate 1962 Jan 16th Linen Hall Library Wednesday, March 16, 2016 TIFF Boyd035 Letter Soldier, Sackville English https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/boyd035 Linen Hall Library Linen Hall Library Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Boyd035_3.jpg LHL Archive 16th January 1962. Dear Marian: Thank you very much for the galley proofs and the New Writers paper book. I think the New Writers volume is very good. Sorry I cannot say the same about Soldier For Hire. I think this is bogus Irishry at its worst. However, I have not yet finished the galley proofs and perhaps I will revise my opinion. But at the moment - half way through - I am certainly not impressed. How- ever, a rollicking piece of written-up material may well be successful as an adventure story. But not for the discriminating reader, alas! I regard it as a doped horse from the Calder stables. Ever (John Boyd) Talks Producer, N.I .Region Mrs.Marian Lobbenberg, c/o Messrs.John Calder Ltd., 17 Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London, W.I. JB/PJ Text