Lennon, Michael,

Norman Mailer : a double life / J. Michael Lennon. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 947 pages, [22] unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 907-914) and index.

Prologue: the riptides of fame: June 1948 -- Long Branch and Brooklyn -- Harvard -- The Army -- Paris and Hollywood: prominent and empty -- The Deer Park -- General Marijuana and the navigator -- A felonious assault and An American dream -- Third person personal: Armies and after -- Politician to prisoner -- The turn to biography -- Death wishes: Gilmore and Abbott -- Pharaohs and tough guys -- An unfinished cathedral: Harlot's ghost -- A merry life and a married one -- Old freighter, uncertain sea.

An authorized biography of the provocative chronicler of the second half of the twentieth century that reflects Mailer's dual identities: journalist and activist, devoted family man and notorious philanderer, intellectual and fighter, writer and public figure, and Jew and atheist.

1439150192 (cloth) 9781439150191 (cloth) 1439156204 (ebook) 9781439156209 (ebook)

2013005097


Mailer, Norman.
Mailer, Norman, 1923-2007.


Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Journalists--United States--Biography.

PS3525.A4152 / Z7358 2013

813/.54 B