Publisher Giroux

Then he said, Bill Shawn has recommended you, and I’d like you to publish my novel. I said, What novel? He said, Oh, it isn’t finished. It’s about a kid in New York during the Christmas holidays. I said, Listen, you’ve made a contract, let’s shake hands. So we shook hands on it. About a year later, I was in the Oyster Bar eating oyster stew, reading something, and somebody tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around, and it was Jerry Salinger. He said, I didn’t want to disturb you, Bob, but I have wonderful news. I just finished the draft of my novel. 


Read the rest of George Plimpton's interview with Robert Giroux.