62.5

The Week in Books. Column by Martha MacGregor. New York Post Magazine, 4 March, 11. At the Algonquin Hotel in New York, Mailer discusses his new book of poetry, Deaths for the Ladies (62.3). His explanation for the fact that the pages of 62.3 are unnumbered: “I want it to be a bit of a physical experience to read this book. You’ll have to do a lot of thumbing to find things. The book will be dog-eared, what every author wants.”