Correspondence from Rosanne Klass to Daniel Starer 10 July 1985 (2pp.) [Box 10 Folder 24]
Suggestions from the Director of the Afghanistan Information Center of the Freedom House for authentic Afghan readers
Notes
difficulty in obtaining English-speaking women from the specific valley
that would be able to distinguish between "a work of imaginative
fiction and a scholarly document".
Correspondence from Joanna Bourke 24 November 1992 (1p.) [Box 20 Folder 43]
Apologies for previously sent rushed note and promises for more information.
Ms.
Bourke is in the Dept. of History and the University of London and
offers, among other things, references to the language of Victorian
England including slang words used in period pornography
Correspondence from Kenneth David Burrows 29 April 1996 (4pp. of 9pp. document) [Box 26 Folder 39]
Detailed letter covering possible defamation, etc. for character names.
Even
though Mr. Follett is covered within law Mr. Burrows nonetheless
suggests prudent changes on a case by case basis in response to
research already completed by Daniel Starer
Correspondence to Dan Starer 30 April 1996 (1p.) [Box 26 Folder 40]
Instructions to Mr. Starer to check changes to character names (per Mr. Burrows' recommendations)
In
light of Mr. Follett's impending delivery of the final typescript to
the publisher the sense of urgency to this research is reflected in
faxed correspondence and a request for rush research
