The Deer Park: A Novel

ISBN: 0812986156

Author: Mailer, Norman

Condition: New

Amid the cactus wilds some two hundred miles from Hollywood lies a privileged oasis called Desert DOr. It is a place for starlets, directors, studio execs, and the well-groomed lowlifes who cater to them. And, as imagined by Norman Mailer in this blistering classic, Desert DOr is a moral proving ground, where men and women discover what they really want-and how far they are willing to go to get it. As Mailer traces their couplings and uncouplings, their uneasy flirtation with success and self-extinction, he creates a legendary portrait of Americas machinery of desire.Praise for The Deer ParkA scathing portrayal of Hollywood . . . studded with brilliant and illuminating passages.-The New York Times Book ReviewA writer of the greatest and most reckless talent . . . [Mailer] drives us up and down The Deer Park at breakneck speed. It is a trip through unfamiliar country, for a time funny and then unnerving.-The New YorkerSavage . . . brilliant . . . exhilarating.-The Atlantic MonthlyEntertaining and wise . . . In addition to his furious energy and true ear, Mailer is simpatico with humanity . . . on a level rare in American fiction.-The New RepublicPraise 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