Norman Mailer

Norman Mailers klassiske reportasjebok fra «The Rumble in the Jungle» – århundrets boksekamp – er regnet som tidenes beste idrettsbok. Begivenhetene utspiller seg i Kinshasa, hovedstaden i Zaire. Datoen er 30. oktober 1974. I det ene hjørnet står den regjerende verdensmesteren i tungvekt George Foreman, fryktet for …

The Armies of the Night is a nonfiction novel written by Norman Mailer and published by New American Library in 1968. It won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction and the National Book Award in category Arts and Letters. The book's full title is Armies of the Night: History as a Novel/The Novel as History. Mailer …

The Gospel According to the Son is a 1997 novel by Norman Mailer. It purports to be the story of Jesus Christ, told autobiographically.

Harlot's Ghost, a fictional chronicle of the Central Intelligence Agency by Norman Mailer. The characters are a mixture of real people and fictional figures.

Ancient Evenings is a novel by American author Norman Mailer. It deals with the lives of two protagonists, one young, one old, in a very alien Ancient Egypt marked by journeys by the dead, reincarnation, and violent and hyper-sexual gods and mortals in a complex combination of historical fiction, allegory, poetic …

Tough Guys Don't Dance is a noir thriller and murder mystery novel by American writer, Norman Mailer, reminiscent of the works of Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane. The book was filmed in 1987.

An American Dream is Norman Mailer's fourth novel, published by Dial Press. Mailer wrote it in serialized form for Esquire, consciously attempting to resurrect the methodology used by Charles Dickens and other earlier novelists, with Mailer writing each chapter against monthly deadlines. The book is written in a …

Adolfin linna on Norman Mailerin kirjoittama romaani, joka seuraa Adolf Hitlerin lapsuutta sekä hänen vanhempiensa ja sisarustensa elämää 1800-luvun lopun Itävallassa. Romaani on pääosin kuvitteellinen, mutta se sisältää myös historiallisia hahmoja ja todellisina pidettyjen tapahtumien kuvauksia sekä kohtia, jotka …

Alastomat ja kuolleet on Norman Mailerin esikoisromaani. Se perustuu löyhästi kirjailijan toisen maailmansodan aikaisiin kokemuksiin.Raoul Walsh on vuonna 1958 ohjannut kirjasta elokuvan Alastomat ja kuolleet. Kirjan tapahtumat sijoittuvat Oseanian saarelle, jossa amerikkalaiset joukot taistelevat Japanin joukkoja …

The Executioner's Song is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Norman Mailer that depicts the events related to the execution of Gary Gilmore for murder by the state of Utah. It was a finalist for the 1980 National Book Award. The title of the book may be a play on "The Lord High Executioner's Song" from Gilbert and …