2013, ISBN: 9781439150191

New York: Fireside Books - Simon and Schuster, 2006. 546 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than… Mehr…

New York: Fireside Books - Simon and Schuster, 2006. 546 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Quarter-bound in black on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing on the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Prologue - September 2001: Across the Universe; PART ONE: WISHING: He Was the One I'd Waited For; Quarry Men Strong Before Our Birth; If I'd Just Said a Few More Words It Might Have Saved Her; The Bass Drum Used to Roll Away Across the Stage; The Great Freedom; Hi All You Cavern Dwellers. Welcome to the Best of Cellars. PART TWO: GETTING: What Brings Mr Epstein Here; Elvis's Manager Calling Brian Epstein in Birkenhead; Somebody Had to Pay for Those 10000 Records Brian Bought; Four Frenzied Little Lord Fauntleroys Who Are Earning 5000 Pounds a Week; Even the Jelly Babies Are Symbolic; They've Got Everything Over There. What Do They Want Us For. PART THREE: HAVING: One More Stage, One More Limo, One More Run for Your Life; This Is It. This Is the Last One Ever; I Don't Think There Was Any Hope for Him Since the Day He Met the Beatles. PART FOUR: WASTING: We've Got to Spend Two Million or the Taxman Will Get It; Your Finances Are In a Mess. Apples Is In a Mess; The Beatles Are the Biggest Bastards in the World; and Everybody Saw the Sunshine. PART FIVE: LASTING: I Just Believe in Me - Yoko and Me; The Freaks Was Right When They Said You Was Dead; and It Don't Come Easy; followed by an index.. First Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., Fireside Books - Simon and Schuster, 2006, 3, Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 947 pages. A biography of the 2-time Pulitzer Prize winning author. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. From the biographer who knew Norman Mailer for decades comes the definitive, authorized portrait of the eminent novelist, journalist, and controversial public figure, based on extensive interviews and unpublished letters. Norman 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. Perhaps nothing characterized Mailer more than his unbounded 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, he even had presidential ambitions, although he settled for running for mayor of New York City. He championed personal freedom and civil liberties, calling himself a "left conservative," and yet he was Enemy #1 of the Women's Movement. He was as pugnacious in real life as in print, engaging in famous feuds and fights. Although he considered himself first and foremost a novelist, his greatest literary contribution may have been in journalism, where he used his novelistic gifts in tandem with self-revelation to explore the American psyche. In that regard, the subtitle of his Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning Armies of the Night is telling: "History as a Novel, the Novel as History." He would return to certain subjects obsessively: John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, sex, technology, and the intricate relationship of fame and identity. Michael Lennon's definitive biography captures Mailer in all his sharp complexities and shows us how he self-consciously invented and reinvented himself throughout his lifetime. Michael Lennon knew Mailer for thirty-five years, and in writing this biography, he has 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. Norman Mailer: A Double Life gives us the man in full, a remarkable and unique figure in the context of his times., Simon & Schuster, 2013, 3<

2013, ISBN: 9781439150191

Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 947 pages. A biography of the 2-time Pulitzer Prize winning author. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a ve… Mehr…

Simon & Schuster, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 947 pages. A biography of the 2-time Pulitzer Prize winning author. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. From the biographer who knew Norman Mailer for decades comes the definitive, authorized portrait of the eminent novelist, journalist, and controversial public figure, based on extensive interviews and unpublished letters. Norman 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. Perhaps nothing characterized Mailer more than his unbounded 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, he even had presidential ambitions, although he settled for running for mayor of New York City. He championed personal freedom and civil liberties, calling himself a "left conservative," and yet he was Enemy #1 of the Women's Movement. He was as pugnacious in real life as in print, engaging in famous feuds and fights. Although he considered himself first and foremost a novelist, his greatest literary contribution may have been in journalism, where he used his novelistic gifts in tandem with self-revelation to explore the American psyche. In that regard, the subtitle of his Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning Armies of the Night is telling: "History as a Novel, the Novel as History." He would return to certain subjects obsessively: John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, sex, technology, and the intricate relationship of fame and identity. Michael Lennon's definitive biography captures Mailer in all his sharp complexities and shows us how he self-consciously invented and reinvented himself throughout his lifetime. Michael Lennon knew Mailer for thirty-five years, and in writing this biography, he has 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. Norman Mailer: A Double Life gives us the man in full, a remarkable and unique figure in the context of his times., Simon & Schuster, 2013, 3<

2013, ISBN: 1439150192

[EAN: 9781439150191], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Simon and Schuster], Jacket, Drawing on extensive interviews and unpublished letters, an authoritative biography of the eminent noveli… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781439150191], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Simon and Schuster], Jacket, Drawing on extensive interviews and unpublished letters, an authoritative biography of the eminent novelist, journalist, and controversial public figure chronicles his career and his self-conscious effort to create a distinctive identity for himself. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item., Books<

2013, ISBN: 1439150192

[EAN: 9781439150191], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Simon and Schuster], Jacket, Drawing on extensive interviews and unpublished letters, an authoritative biography of the eminent noveli… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781439150191], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Simon and Schuster], Jacket, Drawing on extensive interviews and unpublished letters, an authoritative biography of the eminent novelist, journalist, and controversial public figure chronicles his career and his self-conscious effort to create a distinctive identity for himself. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item., Books<