ANNE RICE'S ANNOTATED COPY OF THE GODFATHER. PUZO, MARIO. 1920-1999. The Godfather. New York: P...

ANNE RICE'S ANNOTATED COPY OF THE GODFATHER. PUZO, MARIO. 1920-1999. The Godfather. New York: Putnam, 1969. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. Shelfwear, jacket chipped and worn with tape repairs. Book club edition, heavily annotated and tabbed by Rice throughout. WITH: Another copy, later edition, lacking jacket. With Anne Rice's ownership signature. AND WITH: The Godfather Papers. London; William Heinneman, 1972. 8vo. Jacket. AND WITH: The Fortunate Pilgrim. New York: Random House, 1997. With Rice ownership signature. RICE'S COPY, HEAVILY ANNOTATED AND TABBED BY HER THROUGHOUT. Writing never gets easier, and good writers never stop trying to be better. Anne Rice likely read Mario Puzo's The Godfather when it was first published in 1969. This copy, a Book Club edition, was read and annotated by her in 2012-2013, long after Rice was an established author of great repute. On May 26 and 27, 2013, she writes, 'Badly need this, Studying in detail' and on page 74 she writes, 'Note how easily it flows.' She has great praise for the nimbleness of the novel's p.o.v. and is often asking herself 'how can I learn from this?' On p 225 she writes, 'This is a most impressive piece of work and is masterly. Again I marvel at vocabulary, tone, and placement—organization of the book. I fight OCD as I write, I've come to see that, and this helps me to see what this novel accomplishes. Presenting the Don as a 'great' man, a 'genius,' without apology is a conscious approach that is so powerful.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing