false <![CDATA[Harlot's Ghost: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174330274m/381365.jpg 381365 10 "The most daring, ambitious and by far the best written of the several very long, daring and ambitious books Norman Mailer has so far produced....Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book....There can no longer be any doubt that he possesses the largest mind and imagination at work in American literature today."<br>CHICAGO TRIBUNE<br>Narrated by Harry Hubbard, a second-generation CIA man, HARLOT'S GHOST looks into the depths of the American soul and the soul of Hugh Tremont Montague, code name Harlot, a CIA man obsessed. And Harry is about to discover how far the madness will go and what it means to the Agency and the country....<br>A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club 2409551 book 1991 Harlot's Ghost: A Novel total:267|5:55|4:104|3:65|2:25|1:18| 267 954 423 53 2 1 false false Sat Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 00:49:34 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 22:48:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Thu Jan 08 07:53:55 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 07:53:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1991 Tue Dec 16 14:54:41 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 15:02:18 -0800 2008
But ignore all the flaws (...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 13:30:47 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 09:02:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 21 14:25:30 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 04 13:41:32 -0700 2008 Although this book is utterly boring in the "action" sense of the word, Mailer has a strange sense of making anything interesting and difficult to stop reading. The man could retype the phone book and it would ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 21:04:53 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 21:04:53 -0700 2007
But no, it does not. It is possibly the quintessential novel of the last 55 years by an American author.

It is probably one of the best memo...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 08:39:37 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 08:44:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 22 16:22:13 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 16:48:44 -0800 2007 Too long, check.
Creaky structure, check.
Weird pseudo-psycho theorizing, check.
Obsession with buggery, check.
Tin ear for female characters, check.
BRILLIANT, check.
Yes, brilliant. Mailer's CIA novel, through to the Bay of Pigs, Cuban missile cri...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 15 16:38:21 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 16:43:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Mar 11 07:08:17 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 10 08:24:15 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1993 Thu Nov 12 19:13:34 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 19:24:41 -0800 2009 once more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Wed Dec 31 12:42:37 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 12:44:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 12:12:49 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 10:20:36 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 07:13:25 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 05:31:26 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 17:32:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 17:33:37 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 14 14:42:41 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 14:40:01 -0800 2008 What can I say.. I enjoy Mailer's style..
this book is 1300 pages; a sort of expose of CIA .. Although I do love his writing.. this book left me wanting a lot more from it..
I did laugh out loud in several places.. just so utterly ridiculous and then ang...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 12:23:39 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:19:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun May 17 08:00:10 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 08:00:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Fri Sep 04 17:04:55 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 17:05:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jun 09 15:55:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:56:08 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=381365