TO MR. T.: LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE!
Los Angeles
Dear Mr. Trillin, Regardless of your references to Mrs. Flynn and to Fuller Street, where Richard Perle did live, your "take" on Richard's childhood is pure fantasy, having no bearing on reality ["Letters," Oct. 21]. The person whose name you mention--supposedly a fellow student in Mrs. Flynn's class--is a fictional character. None of us who were in Mrs. Flynn's class (I remain in contact with many of her students) ever heard of Rocco--your invented man.
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