| Collation |
947 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 907-914) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Mailer, Norman.
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Mailer, Norman. fast (OCoLC)fst00040124 |
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Authors, American. fast (OCoLC)fst00821764 |
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Journalists. fast (OCoLC)fst00984188 |
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United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
| ISBN |
9781439150191 (cloth) |
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1439150192 (cloth) |
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9781439150214 (paperback) |
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1439150214 (paperback) |
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9781439156209 (ebook) |
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1439156204 (ebook) |
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