Norman Mailer
High life
Gstaad This is my last week in the Alps and I’m trying to get it all in – skiing, cross-country,…
High life
Gstaad Joan Didion, who died last December, took herself extremely seriously. American writers tend to do that, especially those…
The executioner’s song
What Norman Mailer’s ‘cancellation’ reveals
High life
It takes a very good writer to produce prose that provokes an emotional response in a reader, even when it…
My jailhouse diet
Gstaad It’s written in the Declaration of Independence, so it must be true: the pursuit of happiness is an…
Taki: Where’s Norman Mailer when you need him?
Gstaad For some strange reason there have been no #MeToo complaints around these parts. Some locals have grumbled about yours…
High life
This is as good as it gets. A light rain is falling on a soft May evening and I’m walking…
Tales from a strip joint
‘It’s not as bad as I thought it would be,’ said Norman Mailer to his wife, Norris Church, after reading…
Poison pen letters
Richard Bradford has written more than 20 books of literary criticism and biography. This latest one is a compendium of…
High life
New York Nature is at her best right now, the leaves still holding, Central Park awash in golden browns…
