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Author Norman Mailer: 1923-2007

Norman Mailer, author, journalist, iconoclast and brawler, died Saturday of renal failure at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He was 84. Following the 1948 publication of his breakthrough World War II novel, The Naked and the Dead, Mailer lived as a literary celebrity - and certainly made the most of it. From stabbing his second of six wives, to butting heads (literally) with fellow novelist Gore Vidal, to a failed run for New York mayor, Mailer never stayed far out of the spotlight. Emulating his idol Earnest Hemingway, Mailer tried to fashion himself as a self-made tough guy...  read more

Climbing The (Demonic) Corporate Ladder

Mailer's first novel in 12 years imagines Hitler's youth - sort of.  read more