Thomas Mann an Harper & Brothers Ed. (?)

Er sei »surprised and delighted about the courage, as well as the success with which this excellent journalist has taken the step into the world of the novel« [John Gunther, ›The Troubled Midnight‹]. Das Buch sei von der Atmosphäre unserer Zeit erfüllt, habe einen unterhaltenden Dialog »and its characters are so real and convincing that one believes one knows some of them personally«.