This Day in Mailerian History

June 26

The Gospel According to the Son (1997) spent 6 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and reached no. 7. It showed Mailer could still enter the list with overtly theological material late in his career.

Source: Lennon, J. Michael. "Norman Mailer's Best Sellers." The Mailer Review 2.1 (2008): 270-271.

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