An American Dream (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Norman Mailer
- First Published: 1965
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, New York City, Machismo
- Locales: New York, NY
The Work
In An American Dream, Stephen Rojack, World War II veteran, former congressman, psychiatrist, and television personality, murders his wife Deborah. He tries to make the murder look like a suicide by throwing her lifeless body out of her apartment window. Much of the novel then details Rojack’s effort to escape from police suspicion and begin a new life with a new woman, Cherry, a nightclub singer he meets shortly after the murder. Rojack is not a cold-blooded killer. He strangled Deborah in a fit of passion after she taunted him and belittled his manhood....
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