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=== VI. FORTUNE ROCK (1980)=== | |||
Mystery framed this event. When I arrived at Mailer’s summertime Maine | |||
retreat, a secluded lovely blend of lake and mountains, which offered a whiff | |||
of Alaska. Carol Stevens, his fifth wife, greeted me, a bit wide-eyed,“Who are | |||
you?” she asked. “Norman very seldom clears the house for a solo visitor.” I | |||
said that I was a longtime scholar and friend and, currently, a book collector and that I was driving an authentic 1972 muscle car, its trunk boasting | |||
two heavy big boxes of Mailer collectibles, some quite rare. | |||
So, too, was Fortune Rock, a geographical rarity. Norman’s driving | |||
instructions actually included unmapped lanes, dense foliage, and even tree markings. I felt lost all the way. | |||
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