92, 20th Street,

MENLO PARK,

Pretoria

30.9.75

Dear Stephen,

When we meet I will bring my eyes very close to yours [illustration of two faces in profile facing each other; the left being Gray and the right being Battiss] & will look at them & see you are beautifully CRAZY GRAZY GRAYzy & with a refreshing madness that will bloom under your satire. You tickle the (ribs? Or [illustration of breasts] of Nadine & its (sic) a rare thing for her to write a laughing review. Congratulations!

I return to glorious Antalya, Turkey, this now Friday but tell you the book "Local Colour" (Too tame a title for your hidden flambuoyancy & you dress too neatly & your hair not untidy enough - but WILL COME according to Ezekiel & Camus) & I say this book is the glorious shining tip of the iceberg [second page:]

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that is strangely filled with volcanic fire & can explode in the future.

O yes, the book is a new thing in our S. A. MOANING LITERATURE. Good!

After your welcome gift - thanks for sending it so soon - I now read (1) the brutal/tender Charles Bukowski's "Life & Death in the Charity Ward" (Also a poor title, I think) of London Magazine Editions 1974 & (2) Ezekiel 3:3 etc.

Eternal Love [with a flourish and an illustration labelled] "a Karoo Chanting Goshawk rather than Ravan for you"