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MAILER: A Biography
by Dearborn, Mary V
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395736552
- ISBN 13
- 9780395736555
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Norman Mailer is "our chronicler, our critic, our designated male chauvinist, our court jester, our devil's advocate, the thorn in our collective side," writes Mary V. Dearborn. Undeniably one of the most controversial figures of the past half-century, Mailer has also been one of the most influential. Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, once a candidate for mayor of New York City, a best-selling author at age twenty-three with THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, a founder of the 'Village Voice', he has both made the news and commented on it with an originality that has permanently altered America's literary landscape. In part, Mailer's genius has rested on the intersection of his private and public lives. By inserting himself into the seismic events he has described, Mailer has given them immediacy--and demanded that readers apprehend them with equivalent imagination and intensity. Dearborn had unprecedented access to Mailer's friends, relations, and antagonists, who provided key insights to fill in the familiar outlines of the Mailer myth--the brawls and arrests, the wives and mistresses, the brilliant successes and notorious failures. Crossing Mailer's path--sometimes to their peril--is a cast of stellar and diverse characters including Muhammad Ali, John F. Kennedy, Germaine Greer, Jimmy Breslin, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Shelley Winters, Andy Warhol, and many others. As the acclaimed biographer of both Henry Miller (one of Mailer's heroes) and the radical journalist Louise Bryant, Dearborn is uniquely sensitive to Mailer's best and worst sides. Her account is the most clear-headed and balanced evaluation to date. As splendidly told by Mary Dearborn, Mailer's story is, for good or ill, the story of our times. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A71
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4743
- Title
- MAILER: A Biography
- Author
- Dearborn, Mary V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395736552
- ISBN 13
- 9780395736555
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- JOURNALISTS UNITED STATES MAILER NORMAN 1923 AUTHORS AMERICAN LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES JOURNALISM LITERARY CRITICISM GENERAL General, Journalism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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