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====''Existential Errands''. Boston: Little, Brown, 17 April; Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library, August 1982. Miscellany, 365 pp., $7.95.====
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The British edition combines 72.7 with ''The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer'' ([[67.11]]) under the title ''The Essential Mailer'' ([[82.19]]).
The British edition combines 72.7 with ''The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer'' ([[67.11]]) under the title ''The Essential Mailer'' ([[82.19]]).


Dedication: “To Barbara, to Susan, to Adeline, and to Al.” Rpt: 98.7 (partial).
Dedication: “To [[Barbara Wasserman Mailer|Barbara]], to [[Susan Mailer|Susan]], to Adeline, and to Al.” Rpt: [[98.7]] (partial).


{{cquote|This collection covers pieces written almost entirely in the last five years, a period in which ''The Deer Park'' as a play<ref>[[67.13]]</ref> was given its last draft and then produced, ''Why Are We in Vietnam?''<ref>[[67.15]]</ref> was written and then ''The Armies of the Night,''<ref>[[68.8]]</ref> ''Miami and the Siege of Chicago,''<ref>[[68.25]]</ref> ''Of a Fire on the Moon''<ref>[[71.1]]</ref> and ''The Prisoner of Sex''.<ref>[[71.20]]</ref> Three movies<ref>''Wild 90'', ''Beyond the Law'' and ''Maidstone</ref> were also made. So it is a period when, with every thought of beginning a certain big novel which had been promised for a long time, the moot desire to have one’s immediate say on contemporary matters kept diverting the novelistic impulse into journalism.|author=Mailer|source=72.7}}
{{cquote|This collection covers pieces written almost entirely in the last five years, a period in which ''The Deer Park'' as a play<ref>[[67.13]]</ref> was given its last draft and then produced, ''Why Are We in Vietnam?''<ref>[[67.15]]</ref> was written and then ''The Armies of the Night,''<ref>[[68.8]]</ref> ''Miami and the Siege of Chicago,''<ref>[[68.25]]</ref> ''Of a Fire on the Moon''<ref>[[71.1]]</ref> and ''The Prisoner of Sex''.<ref>[[71.20]]</ref> Three movies<ref>''Wild 90'', ''Beyond the Law'' and ''Maidstone</ref> were also made. So it is a period when, with every thought of beginning a certain big novel which had been promised for a long time, the moot desire to have one’s immediate say on contemporary matters kept diverting the novelistic impulse into journalism.|author=Mailer|source=72.7}}
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== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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'''Reviews'''
'''Reviews'''
* {{cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Cynthia |date=April 16, 1972 |title=We Read Him because He Is Our Genius |url= |work=New York Times Book Review |pages=27–28 |access-date= }} Positive.
* {{cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Cynthia |date=April 16, 1972 |title=We Read Mailer because He Is Our Genius |url=https://nyti.ms/2GtJjf3 |url-access=limited |work=New York Times Book Review |pages=27–28 |access-date=2018-12-18 }} Positive.
* {{cite news |last=Edwards |first=Thomas |date=June 15, 1972 |title=Keeping Up with Mailer |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1972/06/15/keeping-up-with-norman-mailer/ |url-access=subscription |work=New York Review of Books |pages=21–22 |access-date=2018-12-18 }} Mixed.
* {{cite news |last=Lask |first=Thomas |date=May 5, 1972 |title=Review of ''Existential Errands'' |url=https://nyti.ms/2Gu7PMQ |url-access=limited |work=New York Times |page=38 |access-date=2018-12-18 }} Mixed.
* {{cite news |last=Maloff |first=Saul |date=June 30, 1972 |title=Review of ''Existential Errands'' |url= |work=Commonweal |page=361 |access-date= }} Mixed.
* {{cite news |last=Oberbeck |first=S. K. |date=April 30, 1972 |title=Like an Ahab Hunting Many Whales |url= |work=Washington Post Book World |page=5 |access-date= }}


'''Essays'''
'''Essays'''
* {{cite book |last=Adams |first=Laura |date=1977 |title=Existential Battles: the Growth of Norman Mailer |pages=169–171 |location=Athens |publisher=Ohio UP |author-link= }}
* {{cite book |last=Radford |first=Jean |date=1975 |title=Norman Mailer: A Critical Study |location=London; Basingstoke |publisher=Macmillan Press |pages=170–175 |ref=harv }}


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Existential Errands. Boston: Little, Brown, 17 April; Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library, August 1982. Miscellany, 365 pp., $7.95.

The British edition combines 72.7 with The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer (67.11) under the title The Essential Mailer (82.19).

Dedication: “To Barbara, to Susan, to Adeline, and to Al.” Rpt: 98.7 (partial).

Of the six books named above all but The Deer Park: A Play were nominated for a National Book Award in four different categories. The Armies of the Night won for arts and letters, and a Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction as well.

  • Cover of the first edition.

    Cover of the first edition.

Notes

  1. ↑ 67.13
  2. ↑ 67.15
  3. ↑ 68.8
  4. ↑ 68.25
  5. ↑ 71.1
  6. ↑ 71.20
  7. ↑ Wild 90, Beyond the Law and Maidstone

Bibliography

Reviews

  • Buchanan, Cynthia (April 16, 1972). "We Read Mailer because He Is Our Genius". New York Times Book Review. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 2018-12-18. Positive.
  • Edwards, Thomas (June 15, 1972). "Keeping Up with Mailer". New York Review of Books. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 2018-12-18. Mixed.
  • Lask, Thomas (May 5, 1972). "Review of Existential Errands". New York Times. p. 38. Retrieved 2018-12-18. Mixed.
  • Maloff, Saul (June 30, 1972). "Review of Existential Errands". Commonweal. p. 361. Mixed.
  • Oberbeck, S. K. (April 30, 1972). "Like an Ahab Hunting Many Whales". Washington Post Book World. p. 5.

Essays

  • Adams, Laura (1977). Existential Battles: the Growth of Norman Mailer. Athens: Ohio UP. pp. 169–171.
  • Radford, Jean (1975). Norman Mailer: A Critical Study. London; Basingstoke: Macmillan Press. pp. 170–175.
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