Full name: The Lives of Norman Mailer: A Biography

Author: Carl Rollyson Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781583489963 9781557781932 1583489967 1557781931

A biography of the American writer discusses Mailer's major works, from The Naked and the Dead to Harlot's Ghost, and reveals the man behind this often misunderstood genius. Similar books: Balzac by Stefan Zweig Victor Hugo by Graham Robb Samuel Beckett by Anthony Cronin Aldous Huxley by Nicholas Murray Tony Hancock by John Fisher The Knox Brothers by Penelope Fitzgerald Dorothy Day by William Miller The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings Tom by Lyle Leverich The Lonely Hunter by Virginia Spencer Carr Gore Vidal by Fred Kaplan The Kindness of Strangers by Donald Spoto Anthony Trollope by Victoria Glendinning Eudora Welty by Suzanne Marrs A Rage to Live by Mary S. Lovell American Isis by Carl Rollyson Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Fearless by Eric Blehm The Wright Brothers by David McCullough The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch