Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Gargoyle, Guignol, False Closet

Two-page pamphlet from Dublin's Dolmen Press, July 1964 — limited edition of 100 copies. Essay consisting of the rebuttal portion (part three) of 64.10, slightly revised. Reprinted: 64.16; partial in Cannibals and Christians (66.11) and The Idol and the Octopus (68.11).

“Gargoyle, Guignol, False Closet.” Dublin: Dolmen Press, July 1964. 2-page pamphlet. Limited edition of 100. Essay consisting of the rebuttal portion (part three) of 64.10, slightly revised. Rpt: 64.16; partial in Cannibals and Christians (66.11) and The Idol and the Octopus (68.11).

Dolmen Press was Liam Miller’s Dublin imprint (founded 1951), known for fine-press limited editions of Yeats, Beckett, John Montague, Thomas Kinsella, and other Irish writers. The Mailer pamphlet is an outlier in the Dolmen list — possibly arranged through a Mailer–Dolmen connection that has not yet been documented in the project.

First published: 1964-07
Form: essay
Lennon & Lennon: 64.17
Cite as: /works/1964-07-gargoyle-guignol-false-closet
Last updated: 2026-05-27