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Sad, because that man was a brilliant journalist/writer. I even vaguely remember something about his working on a new book...
Sad news. We should have unending glasses of iced tea (with a whole plate of lemons) in his honor....and I'll be pushing some of his books to the top of my list...Maybe we could choose one next as a group.

Anyway, there was an interview with Tom Wolfe on CNN, who discussed Mailer. (They go way back and even had a mini-feud when Wolfe criticized one of Mailer's works...apparently Wolfe said Mailer stole from War & Peace. It was a back-handed compliment as he was saying it was a stolen idea but that his writing was as good as Tolstoy.) It was pretty interesting and amazing how long and rich Mailer's career spans.

Maybe we could give it a try and I can revisit it.



I read The Naked and the Dead for the first time when I was quite young and yes, a lot of it did go over my head, but I kept investigating and researching until I completely understood it.
But then again, I was a very stubborn little girl.
NEW YORK - Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead" and "The Executioner's Song" died Saturday, his literary executor said. He was 84.
Mailer died of acute renal failure at Mount Sinai Hospital, said J. Michael Lennon, who is also the author's biographer.