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In this wild battering ram of a novel, which was originally published to vast controversy in 1965, Norman Mailer creates a character who might be a fictional precursor of the philosopher-killer he would later profile in The Executioner’s Song. As Stephen Rojack, a decorated war hero and former congressman who murders his wife in a fashionable New York City high-rise, runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty. One part Nietzsche, one part de Sade, and one part Charlie Parker, An American Dream grabs the reader by the throat and refuses to let go.
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An American Dream, Norman Mailer
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- An American Dream
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Norman Mailer
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0375700706
- ISBN13
- 9780375700705
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Classics, Murders, 20th century, American Literature, Society, Adapted for Film, Marriage, Social Critique, America, Suicide, Mafia, Divorce, 1960s, Boston, Incest, Manhattan, NY
- First published
- 1965
- Original title
- An American Dream
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
- Description
- In this wild battering ram of a novel, which was originally published to vast controversy in 1965, Norman Mailer creates a character who might be a fictional precursor of the philosopher-killer he would later profile in The Executioner’s Song. As Stephen Rojack, a decorated war hero and former congressman who murders his wife in a fashionable New York City high-rise, runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty. One part Nietzsche, one part de Sade, and one part Charlie Parker, An American Dream grabs the reader by the throat and refuses to let go.