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Politics, war, sex, boxing, and the art of writing: an era's most controversial writer at his slashing and provocative bestThe electric and fearless essays of Norman Mailer were essential to the intellectual climate of 1960s America. Here, gathered into one volume for the first time by acclaimed Mailer biographer J. Michael Lennon, are all the essential essays from the classic collections The Presidential Papers (1963), Cannibals and Christian...

Four Mailer classics in one volume for the first time, books that crackle with the creative energy and raw passions of America's most turbulent decadeNo writer plunged more wholeheartedly into the chaotic energies of the 1960s than Norman Mailer, as he fearlessly revolutionized literary norms and genres to capture the political, social, and sexual explosions of an unsettled era. Here, for the first time in one volume, are his unforgettable boo...

Fifty years after the turmoil of 1968, modern America's most turbulent decade comes to life though the collected writings of its greatest literary provocateurNo writer plunged more wholeheartedly into the chaotic energies of the 1960s than Norman Mailer, as he fearlessly revolutionized literary norms and genres to capture the political, social, and sexual explosions of an unsettled era. Here, in a deluxe two-volume Library of America boxed set...

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It is impossible to walk away from this novel without being sharply reminded of the fact that Norman Mailer is a writer of extraordinary ability."-Chicago TribuneFeaturing a new foreword by Mailer scholar Maggie McKinleyPublished nearly twenty years after Norman Mailer's fiction debut, The Naked and the Dead, this acclaimed novel further solidified the author's stature as one of the most important figures in contemporary American literature. R...

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Writing is spooky, " according to Norman Mailer. "There is no routine of an office to keep you going, only the blank page each morning, and you never know where your words are coming from, those divine words." In The Spooky Art, Mailer discusses with signature candor the rewards and trials of the writing life, and recommends the tools to navigate it. Addressing the reader in a conversational tone, he draws on the best of more than fifty years ...

Mit "Superman Comes to the Supermarket", seiner Reportage über John F. Kennedys Wahlkampagne 1960, schrieb Norman Mailer einen Klassiker des New Journalism. Unser Nachdruck zum 100. Geburtstag Kennedys wird ergänzt um mehr als 300 Fotos von Stars des Fotojournalismus wie Cornell Capa, Paul Schutzer und Garry Winogrand."Ein beeindruckender Blick auf Politik in Amerika."- The Washington Diplomat

Norman Mailer was born in New Jersey in 1923 and then reared in Brooklyn. He began writing fiction before he graduated from Harvard University. His first major work, The Naked and the Dead, written in 1948, was received with great popular and critical acclaim. Mailer went on to win the Pulitzer Prize on two occasions, the first in 1968 with The Armies of the Night, the second in 1979 with The Executioner's Song. He was once acclaimed by poet R...

Norman Mailers "Superman Comes to the Supermarket", die ursprünglich 1960 in Esquire veröffentlichte wegweisende Reportage des New Journalism, die mitten im Wahlkampf ein positives Porträt von JFK zeichnete, wird nun als Fotobuch neu entdeckt. Neben dem vollständigen Text, der JFK als "existentiellen Helden" porträtiert, enthält der Band Bilder von Kennedys politischer Kampagne und seinem Privatleben, eingefangen von Größen des Fotojournalismu...

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A landmark in the history of street art, "The Faith of Graffiti" is a classic text that looks at the birth of graffiti as an art form. Pairing Mailer's fascinating 1974 essay with Naar's stunning photography, this updated edition includes additional photos.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GLOBE AND MAILNorman Mailer was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century American letters and an acknowledged master of the essay. Mind of an Outlaw, the first posthumous publication from this outsize literary icon, collects Mailer's most important and representative work in the form that many rank as his most electrifying. As America's foremost public intellectual, Norman Mailer was a ubi...

Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. This book focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire.

Beginning with his debut masterpiece, The Naked and the Dead, Norman Mailer has repeatedly told the truth about war. Why Are We at War? returns Mailer to the gravity of the battlefield and the grand hubris of the politicians who send soldiers there to die. First published in the early days of the Iraq War, Why Are We at War? is an explosive argument about the American quest for empire that still carries weight today. Scrutinizing the Bush admi...

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A metaphysical thriller set in the world of the CIA between Berlin in the 1950s and the assassination of JFK in 1963. In it, Norman Mailer created a tough, dangerous world that takes on its own unique set of spiritual values, challenging many of the preconceptions of 20th century American history.