The final work of fiction from Norman Mailer, a defining voice of
the postwar era, is also one of his most ambitious, taking as its
subject the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man
in possession of extraordinary secrets, follows Adolf from birth
through adolescence and offers revealing portraits of Hitler's
parents and siblings. A crucial reflection on the shadows that
eclipsed the twentieth century, Mailer's novel""delivers myriad
twists and surprises along with characteristically astonishing
insights into the struggle between good and evil that exists in us
all.
Praise for "The Castle in the Forest"
" "
"This remarkable novel about the young Adolf Hitler, his family
and their shifting circumstances, is Mailer's most perfect
apprehension of the absolutely alien. . . . Mailer doesn't inhabit
these historical figures so much as possess them."--"The New York
Times Book Review"
"Terrifically creepy . . . an icy and convincing portrait of the
dictator as a young sociopath."--"Entertainment Weekly"
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"The work of a bold and confident writer who may yet be seen as
the preeminent novelist of our time . . . a source of tremendous
narrative pleasure . . . Every character . . . lives and
breathes."--South Florida "Sun-Sentinel"
"Blackly hilarious, beautifully written . . . "The Castle in the
Forest"] has vigor, excitement, humor and vastness of
spirit."--"The New York Observer"
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Praise for Norman Mailer
" Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger
than any other writer of his generation."--"The New York Times"
"A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent."--"The New
Yorker"
"Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure."--"The Washington
Post"
"A devastatingly alive and original creative mind."--"Life"
"Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything
he writes has sections of headlong brilliance."--"The New York
Review of Books"
"The 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."--"Chicago Tribune"
"Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through
the story like a leaf on a stream."--"The Cincinnati Post"
"From the Hardcover edition."
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