“Narrator of Mailer’s Next Novel: Jesus.” Article-interview by Dinitia Smith. New York Times, 4 February, Sec. B (“Living Arts”), p. 7. First report on Mailer’s forthcoming novel The Gospel According to the Son (97.13). In a statement quoted by Smith, Mailer says,

Carol Schneider, director of publicity at Random House, and Jason Epstein, Mailer’s longtime editor, are also quoted in this piece.