The Evil in the Room
Mailer's Life narrative on the 10-13 July Democratic convention in Miami, later revised as part one ('Portraits and Powers') of St. George and the Godfather.
“The Evil in the Room,” a nonfiction narrative in Life (28 July 1972), covers the 10–13 July Democratic National Convention in Miami. It was revised, slightly, into part one — “Portraits and Powers” — of St. George and the Godfather (72.17).