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Saturday, July 21, 1979

The Village Voice's Arthur Bell reviews Richard Grayson's WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK


In this week's issue (July 23, 1979) of The Village Voice, Arthur Bell's "Bell Tells" column has an item on Richard Grayson's With Hitler in New York:

BELL TELLS

By Arthur Bell

. . . Susan Braudy is writing a book about Sal Mineo. . .Truman Capote's Music for Chameleons will be a book in three parts. Part one: all new short stories. Part two: Conversations with Capote, which have been printed in Interview. Part three: A new work that Capote describes as "autobiographical and really something. It isn't quite finished yet." Truman hasn't seen or spoken to Lee Radziwell since he shredded her on The Stanley Siegel Show. . .

Richard Grayson, who lies through his teeth, writes from Brooklyn: "I have been reading you ever since I was a little kid." He signs his letter "respectfully." Respectful, he isn't. In his book, With Hitler in New York and Other Stories, Grayson writes about peeing next to Alan King in a movie theatre urinal, accosting Beverly Sills while she's eating a tuna sandwich, reminding Mary Lindsay that her husband supported Agnew while dancing with her, and having his foot stepped on. Beware of Richard Grayson, but read the book.

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