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| RE Deep Throat: This Explains A Lot... |
| 2005-06-03 |
| ...In the words of Ren Hoek, "It's all so CLEAR to me now, Guido..." Woodward's 'Deep Throat' book on tap for July release By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY Fri Jun 3, 6:22 AM ET The Secret Man, Bob Woodward's book about "Deep Throat," his key source during the Watergate scandal, will be released next month, his publisher announced Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT Another possible book is being shopped around by an agent for Deep Throat himself - W. Mark Felt. "I'll arrange to write a book or something and collect all the money I can," the former FBI official told reporters Wednesday outside his home in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Related item: Woodward met 'Deep Throat' well before Watergate) Vanity Fair magazine revealed Felt's identity Tuesday, prompting Simon & Schuster to rush Woodward's book into print. It will describe how Felt became Woodward's legendary secret source. His guidance was critical for The Washington Post's coverage of Watergate, which brought down President Richard Nixon in 1974. The Secret Man, priced at $23, will be "relatively short," says Simon & Schuster spokeswoman Virginia Meyer. The final number of pages hasn't been determined. Woodward, who promised to protect Deep Throat's identity until he died, has been working on the book for some time. Vanity Fair says Woodward turned down Felt's proposal to collaborate on a book. Simon & Schuster Publisher David Rosenthal said in a statement that Woodward's book "will be the true final piece of the Watergate puzzle." "No doubt it will be a best seller," says Jamie Raab, publisher of Warner Books, "but it may not answer all the questions." Raab says she'll meet as early as today with agent David Kuhn, who's representing Felt, 91, and his family. She hadn't seen a written proposal and didn't know whether Felt, who is in failing health, kept notes during his secret dealings with Woodward more than 30 years ago. "I want to know about his motivations, how he felt, how he did it," Raab says. TV-movie producers are flooding networks with pitches about Deep Throat's story, although none claimed to have secured rights from Felt or his family. "Unless it's the diary of Deep Throat, I'm not sure what the movie is," ABC movie chief Quinn Taylor says. Scott Waxman, an agent who represents another Watergate fixture, E. Howard Hunt, on his proposed memoir, American Spy, says Felt's book deal "could easily be in the mid-six figures," and perhaps as much as $1 million, depending on how much he reveals. But Random House spokesman Stuart Applebaum says Woodward, author of a string of best sellers, is "the celebrity," and his book could dampen interest in Felt's version. Mike |
| Posted by:Mike Kozlowski |