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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gardners Books
Publication date
September 5, 1985
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780722157688
ISBN-10
0722157681
Original list price
$4.95
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Naked and the Dead | An American Dream | Double Indemnity | Devil in a Blue Dress | Ancient Evenings | The Corrections | Harlot's Ghost | Gone Girl | The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Naked and the Dead | An American Dream | Double Indemnity | Devil in a Blue Dress | Ancient Evenings | The Corrections | Harlot's Ghost | Gone Girl | The Talented Mr. Ripley
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Norman Mailer peers into the recesses and buried virtues of the modern American male in a brilliant crime novel that transcends genre. When Tim Madden, an unsuccessful writer living on Cape Cod, awakes with a gruesome hangover, a painful tattoo on his upper arm, and a severed female head in his marijuana stash, he has almost no memory of the night before. As he reconstructs the missing hours, Madden runs afoul of retired prizefighters, sex addicts, mediums, former cons, a world-weary ex-girlfriend, and his own father, old now but still a Herculean figure. Stunningly conceived and vividly composed, Tough Guys Donât Dance represents Mailer at the peak of his powers.
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Praise for Tough Guys Donât Dance
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âSpectacular . . . [Norman Mailer] makes every word count, like a master knife thrower zinging stilettos in a circle around your head.ââPeople
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âAs brash, brooding and ultimately mesmerizing as the author himself . . . [Mailer strikes a] dazzling balance between humor and horror.ââNew York Daily News
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âA first-rate page-turner of a murder mystery . . . full of great characters, littered with dead bodies and replete with plausible suspects.ââChicago Tribune
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â[Tough Guys Donât Dance] has that charming Mailer bravado.ââThe New York Times
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Praise for Norman Mailer
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â[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.ââThe New York Times
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âA writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.ââThe New Yorker
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âMailer is indispensable, an American treasure.ââThe Washington Post
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âA devastatingly alive and original creative mind.ââLife
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âMailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.ââThe New York Review of Books
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âThe largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.ââChicago Tribune
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âMailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.ââThe Cincinnati Post
From the Paperback edition.
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Praise for Tough Guys Donât Dance
Â
âSpectacular . . . [Norman Mailer] makes every word count, like a master knife thrower zinging stilettos in a circle around your head.ââPeople
Â
âAs brash, brooding and ultimately mesmerizing as the author himself . . . [Mailer strikes a] dazzling balance between humor and horror.ââNew York Daily News
Â
âA first-rate page-turner of a murder mystery . . . full of great characters, littered with dead bodies and replete with plausible suspects.ââChicago Tribune
Â
â[Tough Guys Donât Dance] has that charming Mailer bravado.ââThe New York Times
Â
Praise for Norman Mailer
Â
â[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.ââThe New York Times
Â
âA writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.ââThe New Yorker
Â
âMailer is indispensable, an American treasure.ââThe Washington Post
Â
âA devastatingly alive and original creative mind.ââLife
Â
âMailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.ââThe New York Review of Books
Â
âThe largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.ââChicago Tribune
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âMailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.ââThe Cincinnati Post
From the Paperback edition.
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from Gardners Books (September 5, 1985)
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About: Norman Mailer peers into the recesses and buried virtues of the modern American male in a brilliant crime novel that transcends genre.
About: Norman Mailer peers into the recesses and buried virtues of the modern American male in a brilliant crime novel that transcends genre.
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