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

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
Brand RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 107784
Color White
ReleaseDate 2015-10-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812986150

Country	USA
Brand	RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	107784
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2015-10-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812986150

The Deer Park: A Novel

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