{"product_id":"can-you-ever-forgive-me-by-lee-israel-paperback-2019","title":"Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel (Paperback, 2018)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan You Ever Forgive Me?\u003c\/strong\u003e by\u003cstrong\u003e Lee Israel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Israel’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehilarious and shocking memoir of the astonishing caper she carried on for almost two years when she forged and sold more than three hundred letters by such literary notables as Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, and many others.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore turning to her life of crime—running a one-woman forgery business out of a phone booth in a Greenwich Village bar and even dodging the FBI—Lee Israel had a legitimate career as an author of biographies. Her first book on Tallulah Bankhead was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and her second, on the late journalist and reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, made a splash in the headlines.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut by 1990, almost broke and desperate to hang onto her Upper West Side studio, Lee made a bold and irreversible career change: inspired by a letter she’d received once from Katharine Hepburn, and armed with her considerable skills as a researcher and celebrity biographer, she began to forge letters in the voices of literary greats. Between 1990 and 1991, she wrote more than three hundred letters in the voices of, among others, Dorothy Parker, Louise Brooks, Edna Ferber, Lillian Hellman, and Noel Coward—and sold the forgeries to memorabilia and autograph dealers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | 144 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions (cm):\u003c\/strong\u003e 21.4 x 14.2 x 1 | 236g -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 01 Sep 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication City\/Country:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York, United States\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/strong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Statement: \u003c\/strong\u003ereprint ed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e141658868X\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781416588689\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eGood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks along the edges, and minor creasing, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal (barely visible) creasing, but no tearing. No  pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Verse \u0026 Prose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57473102119078,"sku":"004149","price":8.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/0827\/6646\/files\/CanYouEverForgiveMe_byLeeIsrael.jpg?v=1789886945","url":"https:\/\/verseandprose.com.au\/products\/can-you-ever-forgive-me-by-lee-israel-paperback-2019","provider":"Verse \u0026 Prose ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}