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{{quote|My Friend Norman,<br />I have returned from the funeral in Provincetown of a beloved friend of forty years. It was a beautiful but emotionally exhausting experience. My friend was generous of his time, treasure, and spirit. He was deeply loved by his nine children, most of whom spoke at the grave site. I never knew him to be less than great of heart and mind. He was known to the world in various degrees of exaggeration or oversimplification, and police were necessary to keep paparazzi from the dignified private ceremony. By the way, he wrote more than forty significant books, won almost every known literary prize (including the National Book Award and two Pulitzers), and left his indelible mark on American literature in his sixty-year career. With the passing of this great man, an era ends.|author=Barry H.Leeds, Ph.D.}} | |||
{{quote|My Friend Norman, | |||
I have returned from the funeral in Provincetown of a beloved friend of forty years. It was a beautiful but emotionally exhausting experience. My friend was generous of his time, treasure, and spirit. He was deeply loved by his nine children, most of whom spoke at the grave site. I never knew him to be less than great of heart and mind. He was known to the world in various degrees of exaggeration or oversimplification, and police were necessary to keep paparazzi from the dignified private ceremony. By the way, he wrote more than forty significant books, won almost every known literary prize (including the National Book Award and two Pulitzers), and left his indelible mark on American literature in his sixty-year career. With the passing of this great man, an era ends. | |||
This letter, which appeared in ''The Hartford Courant'' for Tuesday, November 13, 2007, would seem to be the end of the story. Far from it. I have written elsewhere at length of the development and fruition of my friendship with [[Norman Mailer]]. But there’s at least one more chapter to the story. | This letter, which appeared in ''The Hartford Courant'' for Tuesday, November 13, 2007, would seem to be the end of the story. Far from it. I have written elsewhere at length of the development and fruition of my friendship with [[Norman Mailer]]. But there’s at least one more chapter to the story. | ||