Description for Norman Mailer
hardcover. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, with light nicks & tears to dust jacket
Norman Mailer was one of the most famous writers of his generation. People who had never read a word that he wrote knew who he was because of his fame as a novelist or journalist, or his notoriety because of his womanising, his rivalries with other writers, his appearances on television, his political outspokenness and his prominence as a leading intellectual of his era. A provocative chronicler of the second half of the twentieth century, both as a journalist and a novelist works such as The Naked and the Deadand The Executioner's Songvividly define a moment in American history.
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Norman Mailer was one of the most famous writers of his generation. People who had never read a word that he wrote knew who he was because of his fame as a novelist or journalist, or his notoriety because of his womanising, his rivalries with other writers, his appearances on television, his political outspokenness and his prominence as a leading intellectual of his era. A provocative chronicler of the second half of the twentieth century, both as a journalist and a novelist works such as The Naked and the Deadand The Executioner's Songvividly define a moment in American history.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
960
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847376725
SKU
KMO0000369
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Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
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About J Michael Lennon
J. Michael Lennon is Emeritus Vice President for Academic Affairs and Emeritus Professor of English at Wilkes University, Pennsylvania. Lennon has written and edited several books about Mailer. His work has appeared in numerous newspapers and international publications. He lives in Massachusetts.
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