Norman Mailer has died
I was shocked and saddened by the news of the death of Norman Mailer . While I wasn't a huge fan of his fiction (The Naked and the Dead and Harlot's Ghost being the exceptions), I was always in awe of Mailer's works of non fiction. The Executioner's Song was brilliant and poetic. Of a Fire on the Moon ranks as one of the greatest chronicles of the space race. And Oswald's Tale brought to wonderful life not only Lee Harvey Oswal but the people surrounding him.
It's cliche to say this, but Norman Mailer was truly one of those authors who works you either loved or hated. There was no middle ground. No matter how you felt about Mailer, you always listened to what he had to say.
