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Harlot's Ghost

Harlot's Ghost Hardcover - 1996

by Norman Mailer


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With unprecedented scope and consummate skill, Norman Mailer unfolds a rich and riveting epic of an American spy. Harry Hubbard is the son and godson of CIA legends. His journey to learn the secrets of his society—and his own past—takes him through the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the “momentous catastrophe” of the Kennedy assassination. All the while, Hubbard is haunted by women who were loved by both his godfather and President Kennedy. Featuring a tapestry of unforgettable characters both real and imagined, Harlot’s Ghost is a panoramic achievement in the tradition of Tolstoy, Melville, and Balzac, a triumph of Mailer’s literary prowess. (Publisher’s Summary)


Summary

"The most daring, ambitious and by far the best written of the several very long, daring and ambitious books Norman Mailer has so far produced....Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book....There can no longer be any doubt that he possesses the largest mind and imagination at work in American literature today."CHICAGO TRIBUNENarrated by Harry Hubbard, a second-generation CIA man, HARLOT'S GHOST looks into the depths of the American soul and the soul of Hugh Tremont Montague, code name Harlot, a CIA man obsessed. And Harry is about to discover how far the madness will go and what it means to the Agency and the country....A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month ClubFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

First Edition Identification

Michael Joseph published the First UK Edition, First Printing in London, 1991.


Random House published the First US Edition, First Printing in New York, 1991. 


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  • Title Harlot's Ghost
  • Author Norman Mailer
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Random House Value Publishing
  • Date January 30, 1996
  • ISBN 9780517106969
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