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- Paul McDonald
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- "Norman Mailer Interview"
- Summary: Novelist Norman Mailer talks politics on the eve of the Republican Convention
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Review of Norman Mailer Interview
Paul McDonald
Posted on August 23, 2004 at 07:31 PM
At first I thought that perhaps the interviewer was directing Mailer too much, particularly with his first question, but it turns out that it was a really astute move in that Mailer took that question/observation and ran with it, as he did with all the questions. Setting him up with observations about his past work and tying it to the present is a great skill. I think I enjoyed the questions about as much as Mailer's answers. Mailer loves to talk and has never been shy about sharing his views. He's certainly true to form here. Excellent work. I'm sure this interview will be heard in a number of markets.