Amanuensis - Part IV, Chapter 23

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Part IV, Chapter 23

Mank

Before we set out that morning, Uncle J. reminded me, as my father had, that it was best to forget the avuncular nickname by which I’d always known him.

“There’s quite enough nepotism in Hollywood without you and me,” he said. “We’ll be 80 miles outside Los Angeles, but the rumor mongers have bi…