Despite reports of the author's latest book being canceled by Random House, the company states it was never under contract to begin with. Yes, Norman Mailer's book is still happening — but its ...

Through J. Michael Lennon's meticulous Norman Mailer: A Double Life, you get a sense of the writer's manic energy, his narcissism, and his fierce moral seriousness as an opponent of power. Lennon, ...

Forget pepper spray and police dogs: If you’re in the market for a home defense system, you could do worse than pick up a copy of J. Michael Lennon’s king-sized biography of Norman Mailer. One whack ...

“The Castle in the Forest,” by Norman Mailer (Random House, $27.95). Of all the Jewish American writers who have shaped our culture these past 60 years, none has been so controversial or “outside” ...