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CORNWELL, David (“John Le Carré”) (1931–2020). An archive of correspondence. Comprising of 4 TLS between Cornwell, Jane Eustace, and Sol Stein. Includes one signed “David” and dated 27th February 1975, to publisher Sol Stein in reply to the correspondence between Stein and the wife of the author, Jane Eustace. An annoyed Cornwell writes to Stein that the correspondence between Stein and Eustace “is getting a little out of hand” and that he dislikes giving quotes and seeing his name “on other people’s books (or theirs on mine).” This was in response to Stein’s request to Eustace for a quote from Cornwell for John Crosby’s “An Affair of Strangers” stating that the book is most certainly “David’s cup of tea” and that a quote from Graham Greene “contributed substantially to the breakthrough success of SPY”. Cornwell’s rebuttal to this is that although he has always been extremely grateful to Graham Greene, “Greene and I are not alike”. He concludes with “The logical conclusion to your argument would be that any successful author who has received help along the way is obliged to down tools every time a publisher becomes enthusiastic about his author”. Stein then apologies for “trespassing” but admits that he “is entitled to nothing but courtesy”. Stein later on writes in his added commentary to this archive that “Refusal is a guide to character”. Provenance: from the estate of Sol Stein.