Comments on: Norman Mailer dies http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-dies/ SinĂ©ad Gleeson's blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:22:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Kevin http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-dies/#comment-104578 Kevin Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:31:03 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-dies/#comment-104578 Aren't we forgetting this, the funniest (eek!) of all the Mailer facts? (i) 1980: Mailer heads successful campaign to have convicted murderer, Jack Abbot, released from prison. (ii) 1980, still: Abbot kills again. (iii) 1980-1992: Mailer defends Abbot's action, sighting some shtick about the bourgeouis (iv)1992: Mailer's defence of Abbot finally ends. Aren’t we forgetting this, the funniest (eek!) of all the Mailer facts?

(i) 1980: Mailer heads successful campaign to have convicted murderer, Jack Abbot, released from prison. (ii) 1980, still: Abbot kills again. (iii) 1980-1992: Mailer defends Abbot’s action, sighting some shtick about the bourgeouis (iv)1992: Mailer’s defence of Abbot finally ends.

]]> By: red http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-dies/#comment-104515 red Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:23:44 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-dies/#comment-104515 Ah man, it seems like everytime I visit your blog I add another book or film to the list. I'm not complaining though, you and your commentors are keeping me on my toes. Ah man, it seems like everytime I visit your blog I add another book or film to the list. I’m not complaining though, you and your commentors are keeping me on my toes.

]]> By: Shane http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-dies/#comment-104505 Shane Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:52:51 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-dies/#comment-104505 As a fanatic reader of intelligent sports books (no, I haven't yet read Steven Gerrard's autobiography), I very much liked The Fight, about the Rumble in the Jungle between Ali and Foreman in 1974. It is regularly held up as the best sports-book ever written, and while I wouldn't go that far, it is a fascinating insight into the minds of the boxers and their promoters. The access he enjoyed, particularly to Ali, during that month or so in Zaire was incredible. I also bought An American Dream in Oxfam a year or two back but it's part of my ever-growing Great Pile of the Unread. As a fanatic reader of intelligent sports books (no, I haven’t yet read Steven Gerrard’s autobiography), I very much liked The Fight, about the Rumble in the Jungle between Ali and Foreman in 1974.

It is regularly held up as the best sports-book ever written, and while I wouldn’t go that far, it is a fascinating insight into the minds of the boxers and their promoters. The access he enjoyed, particularly to Ali, during that month or so in Zaire was incredible.

I also bought An American Dream in Oxfam a year or two back but it’s part of my ever-growing Great Pile of the Unread.

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