“Not once in the twentieth century . . . has a single politician, actor, athlete, or surgeon emerged as a first-rate novelist, despite the dismayingly huge breadth of experience each profession affords.”

Tom Bissell writes: Recently, in The Spooky Art, Norman Mailer [wrote that] Not once in the twentieth century … has a single politician, actor, athlete, or surgeon emerged as a first-rate novelist, despite the dismayingly huge breadth of … Continue reading → …