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{{Quote box|title=''Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties''|By Kevin M. Schultz<br />New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015,<br />400 pp. Cloth $28.95|align=right|width=25%}} | {{Quote box|title=''Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties''|By Kevin M. Schultz<br />New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015,<br />400 pp. Cloth $28.95|align=right|width=25%}} | ||
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In 2013, an article in ''Esquire'' teased “What Would Norman Mailer Think of the Tea Party?”<ref>{{cite news |last=Martelle |first=Scott |date=October 10, 2013 |title=What Would Norman Mailer Think of the Tea Party? |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a25177/norman-mailer-tea-party/ |work=Esquire |location= |access-date=2019-05-10 |ref=harv }}</ref> While the Tea Party came to national prominence only after his death in 2007, those of us who are familiar with Mailer’s work could likely guess what he might think of this political movement. Some insight into the height of Mailer’s political activism and public importance might help shed some light on this question and is one-half the subject of Kevin M. Schultz’ new book ''Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties''. | In 2013, an article in ''Esquire'' teased “What Would Norman Mailer Think of the Tea Party?”<ref>{{cite news |last=Martelle |first=Scott |date=October 10, 2013 |title=What Would Norman Mailer Think of the Tea Party? |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a25177/norman-mailer-tea-party/ |work=Esquire |location= |access-date=2019-05-10 |ref=harv }}</ref> While the Tea Party came to national prominence only after his death in 2007, those of us who are familiar with Mailer’s work could likely guess what he might think of this political movement. Some insight into the height of Mailer’s political activism and public importance might help shed some light on this question and is one-half the subject of Kevin M. Schultz’ new book ''Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties''. | ||