The Armies of the Night

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The Armies of the Night (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)

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Norman Mailer, a famous American novelist, journalist, social critic, historian, and candidate for mayor of New York City. Variously described in the third-person narrative as Mailer, the Novelist, or the Historian, Mailer is the focal character, a principal witness to the historic events the novel recounts and analyzes. A literary genius who has just published a novel, Why Are We in Vietnam?, Mailer is a reluctant participant in public demonstrations against the war in Vietnam; he believes his own literary work is his only real answer to the war. A...

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See Also:

• Norman Mailer (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Norman Mailer (Long Fiction)
• Norman Mailer (Dictionary of World Biography)
• Norman Mailer (Identities and Issues)
• Norman Mailer (Sixties in America)