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A great American love story, this warm, funny, revealing memoir introduces the world to Norman Mailer’s greatest inspiration, his wife of more than thirty years. Like Zelda Fitzgerald before her, Norris Church Mailer has led a life as large and as colorful as her husband’s—and every bit as... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Norman Mailer: American author - one of the greatest of his times.
- Barbara Davis Norris (Church) Mailer: Daugher of Gaynell and John Davis. Married: 1: Larry Norris, 2. - 6th wife of Norman Mailer. Mother of Matthew Norris, and John Buffalo Mailer. Artist, writer, model, actress.
- Matthew Davis Norris Mailer: Son of Barbara Davis Norris and Larry Norris. b. Atkins, Arkansas 1971
- Fanny Mailer: Mother of Norman Mailer and Barbara Mailer Wasserman
- Larry Schiller: Photographer and friend who worker with Norman Mailer on Marilyn! and photographed Norris and Norman on many occasios
- John Buffalo Mailer: Son of Norris and Norman Mailer. b.NYC April 1978
- Stephen McLeod Mailer: Younger son of wife #4 actress Beverley and Norman Mailer, lived in Provincetown, Mass
- Michael Burks Mailer: Older son of wife #4 actress Beverley and Norman Mailer lived in Provincetown, Mass
- Carol: Supermodel, longtime mistress and brief (24 hour) wife #5 of Norman Mailer to legitimize their daughter Maggie. They lived in Stockbridge, Mass.
- Susan: Norman Mailer's oldest child, by his first wife Beatrice. After their divorce Beatrice moved to Mexico, remarried, went to med school and became a doctor and psychanalyst. Susan's first language was Spanish. She saw har father a couple times a year. She became a psychiatrist. She is only 6 months younger than Norris
- Gore Vidal: American author with whom Mailer had a long time feud over slanderous remarks made by Vidal
- Danielle Leslie Mailer: Older daughter of Norman Mailer and his 2nd wife, Adele (1/2 Spanish, 1/2 Peruvian Indian)
- Maggie Alexandra Mailer: Youngest daughter of Carol and Norman Mailer
- Francis: Add a description of this character.
- Betsy, aka Elizabeth Anne Mailer: Younger daughter of Norman Mailer's 2nd wife, Adele (1/2 Spanish, 1/2 Peruvian Indian)
- Kate Caliean Mailer: Daughter of Norman Mailer and British nobility wife #3 Lady Jeanne Campbell Mailer (Sister of the Scottish Duke or Argyll)
- Wilhelmina: Owner of NYC's 2nd largest modeling agency for whom Norris modeled
- Lady Jeanne Campbell Mailer ??: 3rd Wife of Norman Mailer and mother of their daughter Kate. remarried after divorce from mailer and had 2nd daughter, Cusi, who balanced her mother's checkbook!
- Judith: Norman Mailer's chain-smoking secretary for 30 years
- Marilyn Monroe: Actress about whom Mailer wrote a biography
- George Segal: Actor who performed with Norris and Norman is several plays as fundraisers for Provincetown theater and later took the show o the road around the world!
- Jack Abbott: a murderer with writing talent aided in his parole attempts by Norman Mailer and other writers.
- Joe Frazier: boxer
- Muhamma Ali: Boxer
- Dwayne Raymond: Aspiring writer, waiter in Provincetown who became Norman's assistant, and the Mailer's cook. His partner Thomas became the fix-it man
- Bill Clinton: Arkansas polititian, who had an affair with Norris while politicing. Became president
- Jean-Luc Godard: wanted to make a King Lear film, but had never even read it - the Shakespeare or Mailer's script for the movie
- Dotson Rader: radical young writer, friend of Norman's. Hadlived with Tennessee Williams for 15 years. Had a nomadic childhood with his itinerant preacher father. Became a down-home, gospel singing, surrogate brother to Norris
- Edmond
- Roger
- Adele
- Mara
- Hillary Rodham Clinton: Brilliant Arkansas woman, girl friend/wife of Bill Clinton
- Peter McEachern: Husband of Danielle Mailer. Live in Greenwich CT
- Milos Forman: Movie producer and ditector
- Annette: Mistress bugging Mailer to dump his long-time other mistress Carol with whom he had a daughter, Maggie. He was separated, but still married to Beverley concurrent to both of them.
- Mickey
- Harold
- Marco
- Robert
- Gretchen
- Gary Gilmore: Death-row murderer executed who was subject of Mailer biography:
- F. Scott Fitzgerald: American author, married to Zelda.
- Zelda Fitzgerald: Wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Peter Alson: Son of Barbara, Norman's sister, and her 1st husband A journalist, and semi-professional gambler
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Provincetown
- Arkansas
- Brooklyn
- Maine
- Little Rock
- Vietnam
- Boston
- Russellville
- America
- Stockbridge
- Chicago
- Leone
- Paris
- Cuba
- Rome
- Minsk
- Ptown
- Mexico
- Utah
- Ecey
- Manhattan
- Washington
- Russia
- Manila
- Myrtle
- Tech
- Connecticut
- United States
- London
- Florida
- Benicio
- Chile
- Texas
- Kentucky
- Hyannis
- Buffalo
- Italy
Authors & Contributors edit
- Norris Church Mailer (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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