A Preface to The Joker
The Partisan Review appearance of Mailer's preface to Jean Malaquais's The Joker, published almost simultaneously with the book itself.
“A Preface to The Joker,” in Partisan Review 42 (spring 1975), the journal appearance of Mailer’s preface to Jean Malaquais‘s novel — published at almost the same moment as the Warner book edition, “Preface to The Joker” (74.14). Reprinted, without its third part, as “My Friend, Jean Malaquais” in Pieces and Pontifications (82.16). It is the same text as 74.14; the full transcription is held at full text.