Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Mailer: I'm Sorry about the 'Marilyn' Book

Sandra Pesman's Chicago Daily News report on a press conference promoting The Faith of Graffiti, at which Mailer also lamented that he had 'jumped into the ending' of Marilyn 'without enough research.'

“Mailer: I’m Sorry about the ‘Marilyn’ Book,” an article-interview by Sandra Pesman in the Chicago Daily News (21 May 1974), reports a Chicago press conference promoting The Faith of Graffiti (74.9), at which Mailer also fielded questions about Marilyn: A Biography (73.30) and lamented that he had “jumped into the ending without enough research.”

First published: 1974-05-21
Form: article-interview
Lennon & Lennon: 74.12
Cite as: /works/1974-05-21-sorry-about-marilyn-book
Last updated: 2026-06-04