I am not sure, finally, that he should be a novelist at all

lareviewofbooks:

Photo: Norman Mailer in 1948 by Carl Van Vechten (Library of Congress)

“But I am fairly certain that Mailer will survive everything. Despite a nice but small gift for self-destruction, he is uncommonly adroit, with an eye to the main chance (the writer who has not this instinct is done…

I love Mailer, which only makes this more fantastic.

Recent comments

Blog comments powered by Disqus

10 Notes

trexcommentary reblogged this from lareviewofbooks
crazycat2 likes this
variousfield likes this
ruff-draft likes this
thehandsell reblogged this from lareviewofbooks
quintessentiallyquirky likes this
sarahspy likes this
hannahmiet reblogged this from lareviewofbooks and added:

I love Mailer, which only makes this more fantastic.
makemixtapesnotwar likes this
gravity-rainbow likes this
thefpr reblogged this from lareviewofbooks
taylorlorenz likes this
lareviewofbooks posted this