num_pages: 282
description: The letters between the Irish writer Frank O'Connor and William Maxwell, his editor at "The New Yorker." A moving, witty collection of correspondence between William Maxwell and Frank O'Connor provides a fascinating portrait of a rich and enduring friendship and a study of the inner life of the writer from the perspective of two literary giants. With 8 pages of photographs.
language: English
title: The Happiness of Getting It Down Right: Letters of Frank O'Connor and William Maxwell, 1945-1966
titlecomplete: The Happiness of Getting It Down Right: Letters of Frank O'Connor and William Maxwell, 1945-1966
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 29
publisher: Knopf