Letter to Mickey Knox (19 April 1964)
Conceding he lost his bets on the baby's sex, Mailer describes the month-old Michael, relays comic family news about Adele, and judges that the fifth through seventh installments fall short of the first four — he has "lost the chance" to write a really major novel.
Letter to Mickey Knox (19 April 1964). Conceding he lost his bets on the baby’s sex, Mailer describes the month-old Michael, relays comic family news about Adele, and judges that the fifth through seventh installments fall short of the first four — he has “lost the chance” to write a really major novel.