The Deer Park: A Novel

The Deer Park: A Novel

Amid the cactus wilds some two hundred miles from Hollywood lies a privileged oasis called Desert Dâ€™Or. 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 Dâ€™Or is a moral proving ground, where men and women discover what they really wantâ€”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 Americaâ€™s machinery of desire.
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Praise for The Deer Park
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â€œA scathing portrayal of Hollywood . . . studded with brilliant and illuminating passages.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review
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â€œA 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.â€â€”The New Yorker
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â€œSavage . . . brilliant . . . exhilarating.â€â€”The Atlantic Monthly
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â€œEntertaining and wise . . . In addition to his furious energy and true ear, Mailer is simpatico with humanity . . . on a level rare in American fiction.â€â€”The New Republic
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Praise for Norman Mailer
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â€œ[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.â€â€”The New York Times
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â€œA writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.â€â€”The New Yorker
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â€œMailer is indispensable, an American treasure.â€â€”The Washington Post
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â€œA devastatingly alive and original creative mind.â€â€”Life
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â€œMailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.â€â€”The New York Review of Books
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â€œThe 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.â€â€”Chicago Tribune
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â€œMailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.â€â€”The Cincinnati Post

Country	USA
Author	Norman Mailer
Binding	Paperback
Brand	imusti
EAN	9780812986150
Feature	Random House Trade
ISBN	0812986156
Label	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	384
PublicationDate	2015-10-20
Publisher	Random House Trade Paperbacks
ReleaseDate	2015-10-20
Studio	Random House Trade Paperbacks

The Deer Park: A Novel

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