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him for writing this book nor has she forgiven me for publishing it.

Well, you never published her anyway.

No, but everything about the book outraged her. It was published in England with great success too.

Then in December of 1956 we did the F.B.I. Story, which I've told you about. In January, 1958, we did our first book by Jerome Weidman called The Enemy Camp.

He's quite a good friend of yours, isn't he?

Yes, he is, and he's a most amusing man. His wife Peggy is a wonderful girl, who started on the newspaper P.M. The Weidmans are two of our best friends. We love them very dearly. Jerry is a very prolific novelist. He's written his full share of best-sellers, but in between he's dashed off several books that are not so good. He is one of the most uneven writers I've met. I Can Get It for You Wholesale made history. The Enemy Camp was an enormous success too.

The Enemy Camp is an example of how an author can set his sights too high when it comes to Hollywood. He received an offer, which we at Random House thought was very generous, of $100,000 for the movie rights; but he and his agent decided that that was not enough. In the end, they never