#writing: A Letter From Colin Wilson ...
Colin Wilson. Writing. Hartlepool. Existentialism. Booze.
Wikipedia says:
‘Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English writer, philosopher and novelist.
He also wrote widely ontrue crime, mysticism and the paranormal.[2] Wilson called his philosophy “new existentialism” or “phenomenological existentialism”,[3] and maintained his life work was “that of a philosopher, and (his) purpose to create a new and optimistic existentialism”.‘
And back in the ’80s and ’90s, I read a lot of Colin Wilson‘s books, mostly his novels and mostly via Hartlepool Public Library. He even wrote a crime book- The Killer- that was set in Hartlepool. There was a lot that I liked about him and his books.
Along the way, I discovered he’d written a book called The Book Of Booze. And for some reason, I wrote to him about it. And for some reason, he replied.
I didn’t have the letter for years and thought I’d lost it on my travels but it recently turned up in a pile of old photos.
So, here it is!
How wonderful! And I love it when a misplaced treasure turns up again.