Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Playboy Interview: Norman Mailer

One of Mailer's most important interviews, conducted by Paul Carroll, with extended discussion of drugs, sex, fame, politics, and Vietnam.

Playboy Interview: Norman Mailer

One of Mailer’s most important interviews, conducted by Paul Carroll, with extended discussion of drugs, sex, fame, politics, and Vietnam — less on purely literary matters. Rpt: Norman Mailer: The Man and His Work, ed. Robert F. Lucid (Little, Brown, 1971); as “Excerpts from Playboy” (partial) in 72.7, 82.19; as “Vices” (partial) in 82.16.

First published: 1968-01
Form: interview
Lennon & Lennon: 68.1
Cite as: /works/1968-01-playboy-interview
Last updated: 2026-05-30