22 OCTOBER 1988, Page 29

Bed-roll

Sir: In reviewing Kingsley Amis's Difficul- ties With Girls, John Osborne (1 October) erroneously stated that Americans refused to publish Amis's novel before last, Stanley and the Women. Nothing could be further from the truth. Following an appropriately extensive vetting procedure, Stanley and the Women was published in America by Summit Books (a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc) in 1984.

Needless to say, this provocative novel holds a place of honour under my mattress.

Steven Rawson

4270 Woodcrest Drive, Prethont, California, USA