Norman Mailer: Works and Days

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Norman Mailer's Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969, ed. J. Michael Lennon (Sligo Press, 2004); transcription via the An American Dream Expanded digital edition (Project Mailer).

Dear Susan,1

Just a line to say hello. An American Dream is awful. No excuses I’m afraid, I just sold it. As for the recommendation, of course I knew.

Editorial notes (J. Michael Lennon)

Footnotes

  1. In this letter to fan Susan Abrams, Mailer is referring to the film version of the novel. Friends told him it was awful. ↩

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Source: Norman Mailer's Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969, ed. J. Michael Lennon (Sligo Press, 2004); transcription via the An American Dream Expanded digital edition (Project Mailer).
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