Random House Trade
The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing
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- Norman Mailer
- Random House Trade
- Paperback
- 9780812971286
- 8 X 5.2 X 0.9 inches
- 0.8 pounds
- Language Arts & Disciplines > Writing - Authorship
- English
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Praise for The Spooky Art
The Spooky Art shows Mailer's brave willingness to take on demanding forms and daunting issues. . . . He has been a thoughtful and stylish witness to the best and worst of the American century.--The Boston Globe
At his best--as artists should be judged--Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure. There is enough of his best in this book for it to be welcomed with gratitude.--The Washington Post
[The Spooky Art] should nourish and inform--as well as entertain--almost any serious reader of the novel.--Baltimore Sun
The richest book ever written about the writer's subconscious.--The Philadelphia Inquirer
Striking . . . entrancingly frank.--Entertainment Weekly
Praise for Norman Mailer
[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.--The New York Times
A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.--The New Yorker
A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.--Life
Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.--The New York Review of Books
The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.--Chicago Tribune
Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.--The Cincinnati Post
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