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Kevy Baby
11-10-2007, 10:18 AM
Biographer: Norman Mailer Dead at Age 84
NEW YORK (AP) - Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead" and "The Executioner's Song" died Saturday, his literary executor said. He was 84.Full story (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20071110/D8SQTB181.html)

flippyshark
11-10-2007, 11:34 AM
Admittedly, a major contemporary author I haven't ever read. Anyone have any favorites to recommend?

(FWIW, I saw the TV movie of The Executioner's Song, but that doesn't really count.)

Strangler Lewis
11-10-2007, 11:48 AM
It's been a long time, but given the beat/swank focus of this board, I would recommend his essay "The White Negro."