When Kurt Vonnegut Met Norman Mailer in Cape Cod's Legendary "Helltown"
Casey Sherman's CrimeReads excerpt from his book Helltown, on Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut in Provincetown. An about-Mailer clipping.
Casey Sherman. “When Kurt Vonnegut Met Norman Mailer in Cape Cod’s Legendary ‘Helltown.’” CrimeReads, 13 July 2022. https://crimereads.com/kurt-vonnegut-norman-mailer-cape-cod-provincetown/
An excerpt from Sherman’s book Helltown evoking Mailer’s and Kurt Vonnegut’s Provincetown years — Mailer at his desk writing Miami and the Siege of Chicago, his 1960 arrest, and his early friendship with Vonnegut, who envied the success of The Naked and the Dead.