Norman Mailer's Night Out
A long article-interview by David Leitch, timed to the British edition, in which Mailer recounts the challenges of writing An American Dream and discusses Kennedy, Fitzgerald, Beckett, Farrell, and his friend the boxer Jose Torres.
A long article-interview by David Leitch, published in London to coincide with the Deutsch edition. Mailer recounts the challenges of writing An American Dream: “There were times in the first two or three installments when I felt scared I’d dry up — but then it was all right.” He also discusses President Kennedy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Beckett, James T. Farrell, and his friend the boxer José Torres.