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Tough guy : the life of Norman Mailer / Richard Bradford.
Van Pelt Library PS3525.A4152 Z598 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradford, Richard, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mailer, Norman.
- Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
- Novelists, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Life of Norman Mailer
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Caravel, 2023.
- Summary:
- Draws on diary entries, personal letters, journal extracts, and newspaper columns to trace the life of the two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, offering a unique perspective of Mailer's personality and writings and discussing his relationships with contemporaries.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Brooklyn Boy
- 2. Odd Man Out
- 3. Pacific Grim
- 4. Waiting for Fame
- 4. Back Home
- 6. The Deer Park
- 7. Norman Mailer: The Death of the Novel
- 8. `The White Negro'
- 9. How Not to Murder Your Wife
- 10. Time for Something Different?
- 11. Apocalypse Now
- 12. Politics and the Women
- 13. The Biographer's Song
- 14. Pharaohs and Tough Guys
- 15. A Clandestine World Revealed
- 16. Retirement: With Picasso, Oswald, Christ and Hitler.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-289) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781448218141
- 1448218144
- OCLC:
- 1358405712
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