Memorable Days

“[A] well–edited collection . . . More than friends and less than lovers, Salter and Phelps were literary soul mates.” — Publishers Weekly It was James Salter’s third novel, A Sport and a Pastime —together with his film Three and a script he had written for Downhill Racer —that in 1969 prompted Robert Phelps to write a letter of admiration. Though the two writers didn’t know each other, their correspondence went on to span decades. The letters themselves are exceptionally alive, uninhibited, gos