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==== | ====“The Greatest Thing in the World.” ''Harvard Advocate'', April, 3–6, 24–28. Story. Original title: “The Suckers and the Setup.”==== | ||
Written for | Written for {{NM}}’s sophomore writing class, English | ||
sophomore writing class, English | 1-A, taught by Robert Gorham David, who encouraged him to | ||
1-A, taught by | submit it to ''Story'' magazine’s eighth annual college contest under the | ||
submit it to ''Story'' | |||
annual college contest under the | |||
name Norman K[ingsley]. Mailer. It | name Norman K[ingsley]. Mailer. It | ||
won the first prize of $100. Mailer | won the first prize of $100. Mailer | ||
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Norman T. Kingsley. | Norman T. Kingsley. | ||
Rpt: | Rpt: ''Story'' 19 | ||
(November–December), 17–26; ''Hold Your Breath: Suspense Stories'', edited | (November–December), 17–26; ''Hold Your Breath: Suspense Stories'', edited | ||
by Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Dell | by Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Dell | ||
(no. 260), 1947; Story: The Fiction of | (no. 260), 1947; ''Story: The Fiction of the Forties'', edited by Whit Burnett | ||
the Forties, edited by Whit Burnett | |||
and Hallie Burnett. New York: E.P. | and Hallie Burnett. New York: E.P. | ||
Dutton, 1949; [[59.13]] (preceded by an | Dutton, 1949; [[59.13]] (preceded by an introductory “advertisement”), [[67.11]], | ||
introductory | |||
[[82.19]]. See [[75.14]], [[77.2]], [[83.10]], [[89.10]], and | [[82.19]]. See [[75.14]], [[77.2]], [[83.10]], [[89.10]], and | ||
the editorial in ''Harvard Crimson'', | the editorial in ''Harvard Crimson'', | ||
21 April, 2, the first published | 21 April, 2, the first published | ||
critical (and favorable) comment | critical (and favorable) comment | ||
on | on Mailer’s work. See also [[13.2]]. | ||
Mailer: | Mailer: | ||
{{cquote|when I found out it had won — which was at the beginning of the summer after my sophomore year — well, that fortified me, and I sat down and wrote a novel. It was called ''No Percentage''. It was just terrible. But I never questioned any longer whether I was started as a writer ([[64.1]]).}} | {{cquote|when I found out it had won — which was at the beginning of the summer after my sophomore year — well, that fortified me, and I sat down and wrote a novel. It was called ''No Percentage''. It was just terrible. But I never questioned any longer whether I was started as a writer ([[64.1]]).}} | ||
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File:41-1.jpg|''Harvard Advocate'', April 1941. | |width=200 | ||
File:41-1a.jpg|''Story'', November–December 1941. | |height=200 | ||
File:41-1b.jpg|''Hold Your Breath'', 1941. | |align=left | ||
</ | |File:41-1.jpg|''Harvard Advocate'', April 1941. | ||
|File:41-1a.jpg|''Story'', November–December 1941. | |||
|File:41-1b.jpg|''Hold Your Breath'', 1941. | |||
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