“Obscene and Bitter,” Says FBI

by admin on 19. Nov, 2008 in In the Media, Politics

Following on the coattails of the FBI’s fifteen-year investigation of Norman Mailer comes their literary critique of his work. With a follow-up story to their report on Hoover’s interest in Mailer, the Washington Post‘s Joe Stephens offers more insight into just what the FBI found out. This week, the FBI’s literary critic described Mailer’s Miami and the Siege of Chicago as “obscene and bitter,” running contrary to the reviews of prominent periodicals like the New York Times.

Stephens links to reproductions of these reports. Definitely worth a look.

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  • robert begiebing
    I remain convinced, now more than ever, that a slim, elegant volume of Mailer's political writings, often prescient or downright prophetic, ought to be well edited and published. Given the various debacles of the corporate state over the past decade, to say the least, the time surely must be right. to hear once again from Mailer on the political beat. The more obscure the political writings the better, to my mind. Maybe the first chapter should be highlights from Mailer's FBI file.
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