{"product_id":"mind-of-an-outlaw-selected-essays-9780812986082","title":"Mind of an Outlaw: Selected Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE GLOBE AND MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNorman Mailer was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century American letters and an acknowledged master of the essay. \u003ci\u003eMind of an Outlaw, \u003c\/i\u003e the first posthumous publication from this outsize literary icon, collects Mailer's most important and representative work in the form that many rank as his most electrifying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As America's foremost public intellectual, Norman Mailer was a ubiquitous presence in our national life--on the airwaves and in print--for more than sixty years. With his supple mind and pugnacious persona, he engaged society more than any other writer of his generation. The trademark Mailer swagger is much in evidence in these pages as he holds forth on culture, ideology, politics, sex, gender, and celebrity, among other topics. Here is Mailer on boxing, Mailer on Hemingway, Mailer on Marilyn Monroe, and, of course, Mailer on Mailer--the one subject that served as the beating heart of all of his nonfiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From his early essay \"A Credo for the Living,\" published in 1948, when the author was twenty-five, to his final writings in the year before his death, Mailer wrestled with the big themes of his times. He was one of the most astute cultural commentators of the postwar era, a swashbuckling intellectual provocateur who never pulled a punch and was rarely anything less than interesting. \u003ci\u003eMind of an Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e spans the full arc of Mailer's evolution as a writer, including such essential pieces as his acclaimed 1957 meditation on hipsters, \"The White Negro\"; multiple selections from his seminal collection \u003ci\u003eAdvertisements for Myself;\u003c\/i\u003e and a never-before-published essay on Sigmund Freud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Incendiary, erudite, and unrepentantly outrageous, Norman Mailer was a dominating force on the battlefield of ideas. Featuring an incisive Introduction by Jonathan Lethem, \u003ci\u003eMind of an Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e forms a fascinating portrait of Mailer's intellectual development across the span of his career as well as the preoccupations of a nation in the last half of the American century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMind of an Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" Mailer's] best and brightest.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The fifty essays collected in this retrospective volume span sixty-four years and show  Norman] Mailer (1923-2007) at his brawny, pugnacious, and egotistical best. . . . This provocative collection brims with insights and reflections that show why Mailer is regarded as a great literary mind of his generation.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The selections open a window onto the capacious mind and process of one of the most volatile intellects of the twentieth century.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Vintage Mailer: brilliant, infuriating, witty and never, ever boring.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Tampa Bay Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As good an introduction to Mailer's habits of mind as there's ever been.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"There's no arguing about Mailer the essayist--he was outstanding. . . . These insightful essays educate, argue and persuade on everything from politics and literature to film, philosophy and the human condition.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812986082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.50d","brand":"Norman Mailer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103786434741,"sku":"9780812986082","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2be0e7c0-b900-42d5-9116-3fac2c911e8e.jpg?v=1693279940","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mind-of-an-outlaw-selected-essays-9780812986082","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}