The Castle in the Forest: A Novel

The Castle in the Forest: A Novel
- New Novel, Uncorrected Proof, Norman Mailer
- fiction, Hitler
The final work of fiction from Norman Mailer, a defining voice of the postwar era, is also one of his most ambitious, taking as its subject the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man in possession of extraordinary secrets, follows Adolf from birth through adolescence and offers revealing portraits of Hitlerâ€™s parents and siblings. A crucial reflection on the shadows that eclipsed the twentieth century, Mailerâ€™s novel delivers myriad twists and surprises along with characteristically astonishing insights into the struggle between good and evil that exists in us all.
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Praise for The Castle in the Forest
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â€œThis remarkable novel about the young Adolf Hitler, his family and their shifting circumstances, is Mailerâ€™s most perfect apprehension of the absolutely alien. . . . Mailer doesnâ€™t inhabit these historical figures so much as possess them.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review
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â€œTerrifically creepy . . . an icy and convincing portrait of the dictator as a young sociopath.â€â€”Entertainment Weekly
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â€œThe work of a bold and confident writer who may yet be seen as the preeminent novelist of our time . . . a source of tremendous narrative pleasure . . . Every character . . . lives and breathes.â€â€”South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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â€œBlackly hilarious, beautifully written . . . [The Castle in the Forest] has vigor, excitement, humor and vastness of spirit.â€â€”The New York Observer
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Praise for Norman Mailer
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â€œ[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.â€â€”The New York Times
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â€œA writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.â€â€”The New Yorker
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â€œMailer is indispensable, an American treasure.â€â€”The Washington Post
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â€œA devastatingly alive and original creative mind.â€â€”Life
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â€œMailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.â€â€”The New York Review of Books
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â€œThe largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.â€â€”Chicago Tribune
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â€œMailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.â€â€”The Cincinnati Post

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780812978490
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2007-10-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812978490

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780812978490
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2007-10-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812978490

The Castle in the Forest: A Novel

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