It’s something of an American publishing legend that back in 1928 book editor Maxwell Perkins cut 60,000 words from Thomas Wolfe’s manuscript to sculpt the masterpiece “Look Homeward, Angel.” This fall a restored version of Wolfe’s work will be published for the first time. “Some Wolfe lovers believe it will prove just how funny and irreverent Wolfe really was and how Perkins, a prim young editor who never used a curse stronger than “My God!,” got hold of one of our country’s most ambitious novels and cut out its heart.” – Washington Post