Letter : Charles Scribners Sons, 5th Ave. at 48th St., to F. Scott Fitzgerald [Paris], 17 Dec. 1929.

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Letter : Charles Scribners Sons, 5th Ave. at 48th St., to F. Scott Fitzgerald [Paris], 17 Dec. 1929.

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Discusses the story of the boxing match between Canadian author Morley Callaghan and Ernest Hemingway for which Fitzgerald served as timekeeper (allowing one round to run over 3 minutes) See M.J. Bruccoli, Some sort of epic grandeur, p. 330-331. Also mentions author Thomas Boyd and his divorce. Comment on good sales of A farewell to arms, but predicts a period of depression which will hurt book sales.

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