Tough Guys Don't Dance - Softcover

Mailer, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722157681 ISBN 13: 9780722157688

Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks, 1985

Synopsis

A journey into the dark recesses of the American psyche in which a hapless writer with a passion for drink and rich women finds he has a bad case of alcoholic amnesia and must try to reconstruct the missing hours of a terrible evening that resulted in his car being drenched in blood. A crime novel from the author of THE AMERICAN DREAM.

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Review:

Praise for "Tough Guys Don't Dance"
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"Spectacular . . . [Norman Mailer] makes every word count, like a master knife thrower zinging stilettos in a circle around your head."--"People"

"As brash, brooding and ultimately mesmerizing as the author himself . . . [Mailer strikes a] dazzling balance between humor and horror."--New York "Daily News"
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"A first-rate page-turner of a murder mystery . . . full of great characters, littered with dead bodies and replete with plausible suspects."--"Chicago Tribune"
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"["Tough Guys Don't Dance"] has that charming Mailer bravado."--"The New York Times"

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"

Praise for "Tough Guys Don t Dance"
""
Spectacular . . . [Norman Mailer] makes every word count, like a master knife thrower zinging stilettos in a circle around your head. "People"
As brash, brooding and ultimately mesmerizing as the author himself . . . [Mailer strikes a] dazzling balance between humor and horror. New York "Daily News"
""
A first-rate page-turner of a murder mystery . . . full of great characters, littered with dead bodies and replete with plausible suspects. "Chicago Tribune"
""
["Tough Guys Don t Dance"] has that charming Mailer bravado. "The New York Times"
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""

About the Author:

Norman Mailer was born in 1923 and published his first book,THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, in 1948. THE ARMIES OF THE NIGHT won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1969; Mailer received another Pulitzer in 1980 for THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG. He has written thirty books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0722157681
• ISBN 13: 9780722157688
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248