Mailer: A Biography

Norman Mailer is the Ultimate Bad Boy. Jay McInerny and Bret Easton Ellis are nothing compared to Norman. He paved the way and it's really interesting to read about the life of someone who has made it as a bad boy. The women who fall for him, the publishers who pay him mountains of money... he is a talented writer, but it leads the reader to the question about how much we all overcompensate artist celebrities. I saw the pictures of the beautiful women and read the descriptions of their magnetic personalities and I couldn't imagine why they chose to overlook his enormous ego. But I shouldn't sound superior. I read the whole book in a weekend.