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The Spooky Art Norman Mailer

The Spooky Art By Norman Mailer

The Spooky Art by Norman Mailer


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Summary

On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Norman Mailer shares his thoughts on writing and the writing life.

The Spooky Art Summary

The Spooky Art by Norman Mailer

Mailer explores, among other topics, the attractions and limitations of non-fiction, the pressing need for work habits, the pitfalls of early success, and the dire business of coping with bad reviews. But perhaps the most entertaining moments are those in which he takes on his fellow writers, living and dead--Melville, Faulkner, Hemingway, Henry Miller, Updike, Roth, Vonnegut, Garcia Marquez, Bellow, Styron, Beckett, and a host of others including Mark Twain, D.H. Lawrence, Borges, Cheever, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Graham Greene, Mary McCarthy, Joan Didion, John Dos Passos, Burroughs, Baldwin, Salinger, Algren, and James Jones. Mailer writes, 'I believe I could end up as a good critic because I know so much about novel writing by now. I can always tell when someone is drawing sustenance out of his or her best vein and when the needle missed.' In THE SPOOKY ART, Norman Mailer's needle hits the target, drawing on the best of over fifty years of his own criticism, advice, and detailed observations about the writer's craft.

The Spooky Art Reviews

'Mailer's compilation is a mighty thing... Inspiring.' UNCUT

About Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer was born in 1923 and published his first book,THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, in 1948. THE ARMIES OF THE NIGHT won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1969; Mailer received another Pulitzer in 1980 for THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG. He has written thirty books.

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GOR005260234
9780316725750
0316725757
The Spooky Art by Norman Mailer
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Little, Brown & Company
20030306
352
N/A
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