Mailer: A BiographyUndeniably one of the most controversial figures of past half century, Norman Mailer has also been one of the most influential. Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, once a candidate for mayor of New York City, and the author of thirty-one books, he has both made the news and commented on it with an originality that has permanently altered America's literary landscape. From the peace rallies of the sixties that lead to The Armies of the Night, to the coverage of the "sex wars" in The Prisoner of Sex, to the study of violence and punishment in The Executioner's Song, Mailer has observed our culture with unmatched insight -- and shaped it as well. Mary Dearborn had unprecedented access to Mailer's friends, relations, and antagonists. With photographs and correspondence never before published, her biography fills in the familiar outlines of his colorful personal life -- the wives and mistresses, the brawls and arrests -- and charts Mailer's brilliant successes and notorious failures. Acclaimed for her biographies of Henry Miller and Louise Bryant, Dearborn comes to her subject uniquely sensitive to Mailer's best and worst sides. Her account is the most clearheaded and balanced evaluation to date. As splendidly told by Mary Dearborn, Mailer's story is, for good or ill, the story of our times. |
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... letter calling him to terms for spreading rumors that Adele was a lesbian . He had it from " a reliable source , " Nor- man wrote , that Styron had spread such a rumor . He closed the letter with a veiled threat : “ So I tell you this ...
... letter calling him to terms for spreading rumors that Adele was a lesbian . He had it from " a reliable source , " Nor- man wrote , that Styron had spread such a rumor . He closed the letter with a veiled threat : “ So I tell you this ...
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... letter " to Fidel Castro - who had taken power as Cuba's revolutionary dictator in early 1959 and was very much in ... letter rambles in dis- turbing fashion ; it is a sign that Mailer has strayed far indeed from any potential mayoral ...
... letter " to Fidel Castro - who had taken power as Cuba's revolutionary dictator in early 1959 and was very much in ... letter rambles in dis- turbing fashion ; it is a sign that Mailer has strayed far indeed from any potential mayoral ...
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... letter to appear in the fall 1965 issue of Partisan Review ( was it sent to anyone in government , or did it reach only PR readers ? ) , signed with the names of Eleanor Clark , Martin Duberman , Irving Howe , Alfred Kazin , Bernard ...
... letter to appear in the fall 1965 issue of Partisan Review ( was it sent to anyone in government , or did it reach only PR readers ? ) , signed with the names of Eleanor Clark , Martin Duberman , Irving Howe , Alfred Kazin , Bernard ...
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COCK OF THE WALK | 1 |
THE ARMY | 36 |
POLITICS AND HOLLYWOOD | 65 |
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