Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Quickly (2 May 1956)

The final "Quickly" column — a comment on Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot that Mailer would soon reverse in his paid "Public Notice" (56.26).

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The last “Quickly” installment in The Village Voice — a comment on Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, including Sergius O’Shaughnessy’s poem “The Drunk’s Bebop and Chowder” from The Deer Park (55.4). A week later Mailer reversed his dismissive view in the paid “A Public Notice” (56.26); his resignation from the Voice followed.

Rpt: Advertisements for Myself (59.13).

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First published: 1956-05-02
Form: column
Lennon & Lennon: 56.17
Cite as: /works/1956-05-02-quickly
Last updated: 2026-06-01