The Castle in the Forest: A Novel

ISBN: 0812978498

Author: Mailer, Norman

Condition: New

The final work of fiction from Norman Mailer, a defining voice of the postwar era, is also one of his most ambitious, taking as its subject the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man in possession of extraordinary secrets, follows Adolf from birth through adolescence and offers revealing portraits of Hitlers parents and siblings. A crucial reflection on the shadows that eclipsed the twentieth century, Mailers noveldelivers myriad twists and surprises along with characteristically astonishing insights into the struggle between good and evil that exists in us all.Praise for The Castle in the ForestThis remarkable novel about the young Adolf Hitler, his family and their shifting circumstances, is Mailers most perfect apprehension of the absolutely alien. . . . Mailer doesnt inhabit these historical figures so much as possess them.-The New York Times Book ReviewTerrifically creepy . . . an icy and convincing portrait of the dictator as a young sociopath.-Entertainment WeeklyThe work of a bold and confident writer who may yet be seen as the preeminent novelist of our time . . . a source of tremendous narrative pleasure . . . Every character . . . lives and breathes.-South Florida Sun-SentinelBlackly hilarious, beautifully written . . . [The Castle in the Forest] has vigor, excitement, humor and vastness of spirit.-The New York ObserverPraise for Norman Mailer[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.-The New York TimesA writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.-The New YorkerMailer is indispensable, an American treasure.-The Washington PostA devastatingly alive and original creative mind.-LifeMailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.-The New York Review of BooksThe 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 TribuneMailer 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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