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You can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Mailer The Other Wiki]].






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Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was a two-time Pulitzer prize-winning American author.

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Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was a two-time Pulitzer prize-winning UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning American author.


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* EatingTheEyeCandy: In his {{Biography}} of Creator/MarilynMonroe ''Marilyn: a biography'' he writes about how she liked liked to go to Muscle Beach in Santa Monica on very hot days to watch the [[BriefsBoasting Speedo-clad]] [[MuscleBeachBum muscle boys]] [[Workoutfanservice lift weights]] and demonstrate their various feats of strength when their [[WalkingShirtlessScene half-naked bodies]] were covered with sweat.

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* EatingTheEyeCandy: In his {{Biography}} of Creator/MarilynMonroe ''Marilyn: a biography'' he writes about how she liked liked to go to Muscle Beach in Santa Monica on very hot days to watch the [[BriefsBoasting Speedo-clad]] [[MuscleBeachBum muscle boys]] [[Workoutfanservice [[WorkoutFanservice lift weights]] and demonstrate their various feats of strength when their [[WalkingShirtlessScene half-naked bodies]] were covered with sweat.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: In his {{Biography}} of Creator/MarilynMonroe ''Marilyn: a biography'' he writes about how she liked liked to go to Muscle Beach in Santa Monica on very hot days to watch the [[BriefsBoasting Speedo-clad]] [[MuscleBeachBum muscle boys]] [[Workoutfanservice lift weights]] and demonstrate their various feats of strength when their [[WalkingShirtlessScene half-naked bodies]] were covered with sweat.
* InformedJudaism: Creator/MarilynMonroe's conversion to the faith in ''Marilyn: a biography''.
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Norman Mailer (1923-2007) was a two-time Pulitzer prize-winning American author.

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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was a two-time Pulitzer prize-winning American author.
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* ThirdPersonPerson: In his nonfiction works. In ''The Armies of the Night'', he referred to himself as "Mailer" and in ''The Fight'' as "Norman".

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He once knocked over Creator/GoreVidal with a headbutt. Vidal had just compared him to UsefulNotes/CharlesManson at the time. [[note]] Of course, Vidal being [[DeadpanSnarker Vidal,]] Gore would remark about the exchange: "Words fail Norman Mailer yet again." [[/note]]

His most famous work included ''The Naked and the Dead,'' ''The Executioner's Song'' and ''Armies of the Night.''

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He once knocked over Creator/GoreVidal with a headbutt. Vidal had just compared him to UsefulNotes/CharlesManson at the time. [[note]] Of course, Vidal being [[DeadpanSnarker Vidal,]] Gore would remark about the exchange: "Words fail Norman Mailer yet again." [[/note]]

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His most famous work included ''The Naked and the Dead,'' ''The Executioner's Song'' and ''Armies of the Night.''
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* ''Film/WhenWeWereKings'': Mailer covered the UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli-George Foreman 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight fight, and actually wrote a book about it. In this documentary of the fight he is one of the most prominent TalkingHeads.

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* {{Anorgasmia}}: In the short story "The Time Of Her Time" Sergius to make Denise experience orgasm, because she never could do so before. Eventually he [[spoiler:sodomizes her and calls her "a dirty little Jew", which causes her to climax after all]].

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* BigApplesauce: In 1955, was one of the founders of the independent newspaper ''The Village Voice.''
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!!! Works by Norman Mailer that have their own page on TV Tropes:
* ''Literature/TheCastleInTheForest''
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Norman Mailer (1923-2007) was a two-time Pulitzer prize-winning American author.

He once knocked over Creator/GoreVidal with a headbutt. Vidal had just compared him to Charles Manson at the time.

His most famous work included ''The Naked and the Dead,'' ''The Executioner's Song'' and ''Armies of the Night.''

You can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Mailer The Other Wiki]].


!!! Tropes associated with Norman Mailer:

* BigApplesauce: In 1955, was one of the founders of the independent newspaper ''The Village Voice.''

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