Understanding Norman Mailer /Maggie McKinley.
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource.
- Understanding contemporary American literature .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"The book begins with a brief biographical introduction touching on Mailer's formative experiences, pivotal friendships, and intellectual and cultural concerns. Mailer's major works are covered as well as the less-celebrated and more experimental works of the 1980s and 1990s. His last work of fiction, The Castle in the Forest, is also discussed"--