The Making of Norman Mailer
David Denby's New Yorker essay on Mailer's World War II service and the writing of The Naked and the Dead. An about-Mailer clipping.
David Denby. “The Making of Norman Mailer.” The New Yorker, 19 December 2022 (26 December 2022 issue). https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/26/the-making-of-norman-mailer
Denby on Mailer’s experience in and around World War II and the writing of The Naked and the Dead — a precursor to his treatment of Mailer in Eminent Jews (2025).