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Among the imperceptive and raucous commentaries on Mailer’s novels, this remark by Anatole Broyard stands out as refreshingly clear: “the rock he throws usually has a message tied to it” {{sfn|Broyard|1967|p=4}}. | |||
In D.J.’s words, “He sings the song of the swine” {{sfn|Mailer|1959|p=34}}. | |||
Many times D.J. interrupts his monologue to suggest that he is not really a “Texas Wasp,” but rather a “black-ass cripple Spade and sending from Harlem” {{sfn|Mailer|1967|p=224}}. | |||
This quotation from Cannibals and Christians may help clarify Mailer’s position: “The | |||
only explanation I can find for the war in Vietnam is that we are sinking into the swamps | |||
of a plague and the massacre of strange people seems to relieve this plague. If one were to | |||
take the patients in a hospital, give them guns and let them shoot on pedestrians down | |||
from hospital windows you may be sure you would find a few miraculous cures” {{sfn}|Mailer|1966|p=91}} | |||
==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
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* {{cite news |last=Broyard |first=Anatole |date= | * {{cite news |last=Broyard |first=Anatole |date=1967 |title="A Disturbnce of the Peace" |url= |work=''New York Times'' |location= |access-date= |ref=harv }} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |date=1966 |title=''Cannibals and Christians'' |url= |location=New York |publisher=Dial |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }} | * {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |date=1966 |title=''Cannibals and Christians'' |url= |location=New York |publisher=Dial |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |date=1959 |title="The White Negro in ''Advertisements for Myself'' |url= |location=New York |publisher=Putnam |pages=357-358 |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }} | * {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |date=1959 |title="The White Negro in ''Advertisements for Myself'' |url= |location=New York |publisher=Putnam |pages=357-358 |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |date=1967 |title=''Why Are We in Vietnam |url= |location=New York |publisher=Putnam |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }} | * {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |date=1967 |title=''Why Are We in Vietnam |url= |location=New York |publisher=Putnam |pages= |isbn= |author-link= |ref=harv }} | ||
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