The Castle in the Forest (Basic) by Norman Mailer - 2007-05-01

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Thorndike Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 705 pages. Mailer's final novel, released the year of his death. A fictional account of the childhood of Adolf Hitler. First large print edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. No career in modern American letters is at once so brilliant, varied, and controversial as that of Norman Mailer. In a span of more than six decades, Mailer has searched into subjects ranging from World War II to Ancient Egypt, from the march on the Pentagon to Marilyn Monroe, from Henry Miller and Mohammad Ali to Jesus Christ. Now, in The Castle in the Forest, his first major work of fiction in more than a decade, Mailer offers what may be his consummate literary endeavor: He has set out to explore the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man who is later revealed to be an exceptional presence, gives us young Adolf from birth, as well as Hitler's father and mother, his sisters and brothers, and the intimate details of his childhood and… Read More