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On 23 January, ''The Castle in the Forest'' ([[07.10]]) is published. Reviewed widely and with much praise, it becomes | On 23 January, ''The Castle in the Forest'' ([[07.10]]) is published. Reviewed widely and with much praise, it becomes {{NM}}’s 11th best seller. He remains the only postwar American author to have one or more best sellers in each of seven consecutive decades. | ||
Accompanied by [[John Buffalo Mailer|John Buffalo]], he goes on a book tour in the winter and early spring. In February in San Francisco, he has his last meeting with Lois Mayfield Wilson, a former lover with whom he has been friendly for almost 60 years. | Accompanied by [[John Buffalo Mailer|John Buffalo]], he goes on a book tour in the winter and early spring. In February in San Francisco, he has his last meeting with Lois Mayfield Wilson, a former lover with whom he has been friendly for almost 60 years. | ||
The final manuscript of | The final manuscript of ''On God: An Uncommon Conversation'' ([[07.39]]) is submitted in late spring. On 27 June, he appears with [[w:Günter Grass|Günter Grass]] and [[w:Andrew O'Hagan|Andrew O’Hagan]] at the New York Public Library, and tells the audience that this will probably be his last public appearance, but on 22 July, he has one more outing, taking part in a discussion about his films at Lincoln Center with film critic Michael Chaiken and others. | ||
The summer number of ''Paris Review'' contains a long interview with him conducted by Andrew | The summer number of ''Paris Review'' contains a long interview with him conducted by Andrew O’Hagan ([[07.31]]). | ||
In October, the first issue of the ''[[Mailer Review]]'', edited by [[Phillip Sipiora]], and sponsored by the Mailer Society and the University of South Florida, is published. | In October, the first issue of the ''[[The Mailer Review, Volume 1, 2007|Mailer Review]]'', edited by [[Phillip Sipiora]], and sponsored by the Mailer Society and the University of South Florida, is published. | ||
On 3 October, enters Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York where he has surgery for a collapsed lung. A series of infections and complications ensue. Mailer dies at 4:28 a.m. on 10 November, and is buried in Provincetown a few days later. | On 3 October, enters Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York where he has surgery for a collapsed lung. A series of infections and complications ensue. Mailer dies at 4:28 a.m. on 10 November, and is buried in Provincetown a few days later. | ||
''On God'' is published on 16 November; an excerpt is published in ''New York'' with | ''On God'' is published on 16 November; an excerpt is published in ''New York'' with Mailer’s photograph on the cover. The book is overlooked in the wave of commentary following Mailer’s death, and receives few reviews. | ||
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