Letter to Martin Peretz (17 March 1964)
Nose still "deep in the serial" and fearing that cumulative fatigue may keep him from finishing the book properly, Mailer is "wrung out, dull, and smoking too many cigarettes," still recovering from the Clay–Liston fight.
Letter to Martin Peretz (17 March 1964). Nose still “deep in the serial” and fearing that cumulative fatigue may keep him from finishing the book properly, Mailer is “wrung out, dull, and smoking too many cigarettes,” still recovering from the Clay–Liston fight.