Tough Guys Don't Dance

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Author:

Mailer, Norman

ISBN:

978-0-349-10327-3

Publication Date:

Jan 1993

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group Limited

Imprint:

Abacus

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

AUD $24.99

Book Description:

Tim Madden, an unsuccessful writer with a penchant for nicotine, alcohol and blondes with money, struggles towards consciousness twenty-four days and nights after his wife has left him. He has a bad case of alcohol amnesia, a fresh and throbbing tattoo and a car drenched in blood. Just to make his hangover complete, Provincetown's Chief of Police would like a quiet word... So begins Madden's disquieting journey into the dark recesses of America's psyche. ...
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Book Details

Pages:	256
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	12.7 x 19.7 x 1.7 cm
Book Weight:	0.19 Kilograms

Author Biography

Mailer, Norman (Author)

Norman Kingsley Mailer was born on January 31, 1923 in Long Branch, N. J. and then moved with his family to Brooklyn, N. Y. Mailer later attended Harvard University and graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering.

Mailer served in the Army during World War II, and later wrote, directed, and acted in motion pictures. He was also a co-founder of the Village Voice and edited Disssent for nine years.

Mailer has written several books including: The Armies of the Night, which won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and a Polk Award; and The Executioner's Song, which won the Pulitzer Prize. In 2005, he won the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. He published his last novel, The Castle in the Forest, in 2007. He died of acute renal failure on November 10, 2007.

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