Mailer: A Biography

By Mary V. Dearborn

Book Overview

Undeniably one of the most controversial figures of the past half-century, Mailer has also been one of the most influential. He has both made the news and commented on it with an originality that has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395736552
• ISBN13: 9780395736555
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

If you wonder about Modern Artists and I do,

Norman Mailer is the Ultimate Bad Boy. Jay McInerny and Bret Easton Ellis are nothing compared to Norman. He paved the way and it's really interesting to read about the life of someone who has made it as a bad boy. The women who fall for him, the publishers who pay him mountains of money... he is a talented writer, but it leads the reader to the question about how much we all overcompensate artist celebrities. I saw the pictures of the beautiful women and read the descriptions of their magnetic personalities and I couldn't imagine why they chose to overlook his enormous ego. But I shouldn't sound superior. I read the whole book in a weekend.