Lewis Jones

‘A little bit of rape is good for a man’s soul’: the outrageous life of Norman Mailer

J. Michael Lennon's biography does his his old friend proud - without always making him sympathetic

Norman Mailer and Patricia Kennedy Lawford Photo: WireImage

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