Preface to Papa: A Personal Memoir
Mailer's preface to Gregory H. Hemingway's memoir of his father, Ernest Hemingway; reprinted as 'Papa and Son.'
Mailer’s preface (pp. xi–xiii) to Papa: A Personal Memoir by Gregory H. Hemingway, M.D. (Houghton Mifflin, 1976), the youngest son’s memoir of his father, Ernest Hemingway. Reprinted as “Papa and Son” in Pieces and Pontifications (82.16). A full transcription is held at full text.