Norman Mailer to Serve Sentence in Alexandria
Nancy Scannell's report on Mailer beginning his sentence for the Pentagon protest, with his characterization of Nixon as 'the veritable cathedral of hypocrisy.'
“Norman Mailer to Serve Sentence in Alexandria,” an article by Nancy Scannell (Washington Post, 6 May 1970), is another report on Mailer beginning his sentence for crossing a police line at the Pentagon. It includes his characterization of Nixon as Uriah Heep, “the veritable cathedral of hypocrisy.”
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- 1970 | The Nonviolent Norman Mailer
- Mailer Starts Term in Jail, Labels Nixon 'Uriah Heep' (70.8) | Mailer Calls Nixon a Dickens 'Heep' Creep (70.9) | The Nonviolent Norman Mailer (70.11)