{"product_id":"norman-mailer-j-michael-lennon-9781439150214","title":"Norman Mailer: A Double Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \"glorious...sweeping, full-scale biography\" of Norman Mailer, the famous novelist, journalist, and public figure: \"There's not a paragraph in this enormous book that doesn't contain a nugget of something you...wish you had known\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNorman Mailer was one of the giants of American letters, and one of the most celebrated public figures of his time. He was a novelist, journalist, biographer, and filmmaker; a provocateur and passionate observer of his times; and a husband, father, and serial philanderer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerhaps nothing characterized Mailer more than his ambition. He wanted not merely to be the greatest writer of his generation, but a writer great enough to be compared to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. As Michael Lennon describes, although he considered himself first and foremost a novelist, his greatest literary contribution may have been in journalism, where he used his novelistic gifts to explore the American psyche. He would return to certain subjects obsessively: John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, sex, technology, and the intricate relationship of fame and identity. Lennon captures Mailer in all his sharp complexities and shows us how he self-consciously invented and re-invented himself throughout his lifetime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Lennon knew Mailer for thirty-five years, and in this definitive biography, he had the cooperation of Mailer's late widow, Norris Church, his ex-wives, and all of his children, as well as his sister, Barbara. He also had access to Mailer's vast, unpublished correspondence and papers, and he interviewed dozens of people who knew Mailer. In \u003ci\u003eNorman Mailer: A Double Life \u003c\/i\u003ehe \"brings Mailer thoroughly alive in this great wallop of a book...and he captures the entirety of a man who embodied his era like no other\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Michael Lennon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439150214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439150214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.80w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/14\/2014 pg. 44","brand":"J. Michael Lennon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980365693183,"sku":"9781439150214","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b570ed2-a083-4df7-b050-5133b188b7e4.jpg?v=1683249516","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/norman-mailer-j-michael-lennon-9781439150214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}