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2247671Tough Guyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/tough-guy/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1873379/93a5f797-2d76-46f5-bd66-3fcf2276de46.jpg?v=638342103567700000330402MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>The first biography to examine Mailers life as a twisted lens, offering a unique insight into the history of America from the end of World War II to the election of Barack Obama.</strong></p><p>Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, firstly in 1969 for <em>The Armies of the Night</em> and again in 1980 for <em>The Executioners Song</em>, Norman Mailers life comes as close as is possible to being the Great American Novel: beyond reason, inexplicable, wonderfully grotesque and addictive.</p><p><em>The Naked and the Dead</em> was acclaimed not so much for its intrinsic qualities but rather because it launched a brutally realistic sub-genre of military fiction <em>Catch 22</em> and <em>MASH</em> would not exist without it. Richard Bradford combs through Mailers personal letters to lovers and editors which appear to be a rehearsal for his career as a shifty literary narcissist, and which shape the characters of one of the most widely celebrated World War II novels.</p><p>Bradford strikes again with a merciless biography in which diary entries, journal extracts and newspaper columns set the tone of this study of a controversial figure. From friendships with contemporaries such as James Baldwin, failed correspondences with Hemingway and the Kennedys, to terrible but justified criticism of his work by William Faulkner and Eleanor Roosevelt, this book gives a unique, snappy and convincing perspective of Mailers ferocious personality and writings.</p>...2076880Tough Guy330402https://www.gandhi.com.mx/tough-guy/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1873379/93a5f797-2d76-46f5-bd66-3fcf2276de46.jpg?v=638342103567700000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781448218165_W3siaWQiOiIxNGQxN2UxYy1hMWQ1LTQzOWMtYTM5OS04ZjMwOWIxNzc5MDkiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM2OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjY2LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjMwMywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTEtMTFUMDI6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI0LTExLTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiJjNGU2Yjc1Yi03YzEwLTQxZTktOGY0MC00MjM3ZDAxZWIyMzAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM5MiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjcxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjMyMSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781448218165_<p><strong>The first biography to examine Mailers life as a twisted lens, offering a unique insight into the history of America from the end of World War II to the election of Barack Obama.</strong></p><p>Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, firstly in 1969 for <em>The Armies of the Night</em> and again in 1980 for <em>The Executioners Song</em>, Norman Mailers life comes as close as is possible to being the Great American Novel: beyond reason, inexplicable, wonderfully grotesque and addictive.</p><p><em>The Naked and the Dead</em> was acclaimed not so much for its intrinsic qualities but rather because it launched a brutally realistic sub-genre of military fiction <em>Catch 22</em> and <em>MASH</em> would not exist without it. Richard Bradford combs through Mailers personal letters to lovers and editors which appear to be a rehearsal for his career as a shifty literary narcissist, and which shape the characters of one of the most widely celebrated World War II novels.</p><p>Bradford strikes again with a merciless biography in which diary entries, journal extracts and newspaper columns set the tone of this study of a controversial figure. From friendships with contemporaries such as James Baldwin, failed correspondences with Hemingway and the Kennedys, to terrible but justified criticism of his work by William Faulkner and Eleanor Roosevelt, this book gives a unique, snappy and convincing perspective of Mailers ferocious personality and writings.</p>9781448218165_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_d3e01605-6661-3b2e-b603-b9fa741ea292_9781448218165;9781448218165_9781448218165Richard BradfordInglésMéxico2023-01-19T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing