Book on Kitano Takeshi

[Michael McCaskey]

Dear Aaron,

You're right, but the time stretch is not so very long--they're supposed to send me your book by Nov. 6. They say that good things are worth waiting for, and so I will.

Best Wishes,

Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
Date: Monday, September 3, 2007 9:52 am
Subject: Re: Book on Kitano Takeshi

> Michael McCaskey wrote:
> 
> > Congratulations! I just ordered a copy from Amazon.com, and very 
> much 
> > hope the book will arrive before the Kitano segment of my course 
> > starts Sept. 13, so I can read it and recommend it to my 78 
> students. 
> > A number of students usually write papers about Kitano's films, 
> and 
> > this book will be very welcome indeed.
> 
> Thanks for the support, but I fear you might not get it in time. 
> As 
> some of you might know, the publishing arm of the BFI is 
> undergoing a 
> major reorganization (basically, the BFI is transferring much of 
> the 
> operations to a commercial publisher), and as part of that they 
> are 
> changing their American distributor. The book seems to be 
> available now 
> on Amazon.uk (even though Jan. 1, 2009 is given as the publication 
> date!), but I wonder if Amazon in the US will really supply it 
> starting 
> Sept. 3 (the date they give). Let's cross our fingers.
> 
> Aaron
>