Selected Letters of Norman Mailer (Hardcover)

from kdkelly92

I generally find a collection of personal letters from a different era completely fascinating, and I expected those from such a talented writer to be even more so. I really enjoyed the early letters, when Norman Mailer was a young man, but I found it more and more difficult to slog through as he ...

from BradKautz

The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer are a collection of nearly 700 letters written by Mailer from the early 1940's until his death in 2007. Mailer was copious producer of outgoing mail, writing nearly 45,000 letters during his life. The selections included in this volume are similar to his corp...

from gerconk

Selected Letters of Norman Mailer, Edited by J. Michael Lennon, was a fascinating study into the mind of one of our best-known and prolific writers. The letters were arranged by decade - - the 1940's to the 2000's - - which made the letters easier to read. Through the decades we see the many face...

from RoseCityReader

I have a love him/hate him thing with Norman Mailer. Twentysome years ago, when I was reading Harlot's Ghost and he was still writing feisty magazine articles, I was a fan girl. Then I slogged through The Naked and the Dead, which may be a very authentic WWII novel, but authentic WWII novels are ...

from john.cooper

Norman Mailer was a bigger-than-life personality with a pugnacious, chip-on-the-shoulder ego, as well as all the narcissism that's often found in talented, self-driven artists, and much more. I'm sure being his friend must have been very trying, and for many, this book will be too. It's huge-ther...