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‚¬Å“A scathing portrayal of Hollywood . . . studded with brilliant and illuminating passages.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New York Times Book Review
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â‚¬Å“A 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‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New Yorker
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â‚¬Å“Savage . . . brilliant . . . exhilarating.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Atlantic Monthly
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â‚¬Å“Entertaining and wise . . . In addition to his furious energy and true ear, Mailer is simpatico with humanity . . . on a level rare in American fiction.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New Republic
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Praise for Norman Mailer
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â‚¬Å“[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New York Times
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â‚¬Å“A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New Yorker
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â‚¬Å“Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Washington Post
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â‚¬Å“A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Life
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â‚¬Å“Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New York Review of Books
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â‚¬Å“The 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‚¬Ââ‚¬"Chicago Tribune
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â‚¬Å“Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Cincinnati Post
Country USA
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-09-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-09-17
Format	Kindle eBook

The Deer Park: A Novel

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