“The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.”
— Chicago Tribune
“A book of considerable intellectual force . . . The writer’s powerful mind works in a specialized way, not by theological argumentation but by telling or retelling a story.”
— The New York Review of Books
“Quietly penetrating . . . [Norman Mailer’s] gospel is written in a direct, rather relaxed English that yet has an eerie, neo-Biblical dignity.”
— John Updike, The New Yorker
“An informed and believable work of fiction . . . of what may have been going through the mind of Jesus during his epic ministry.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
“Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.”
— The New York Review of Books
“[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.”
— The New York Times
“Challenges readers on the religious right and the atheist left with equally rich interpretive tasks.”
— The Dallas Morning News
“Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.”
— The Cincinnati Post
“A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.”
— The New Yorker
“A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”
— Life
“Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.”
— The Washington Post
The Gospel According to the Son
Year
1997
Pages
256
Tags
Praise
“The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.”
— Chicago Tribune
“A book of considerable intellectual force . . . The writer’s powerful mind works in a specialized way, not by theological argumentation but by telling or retelling a story.”
— The New York Review of Books
“Quietly penetrating . . . [Norman Mailer’s] gospel is written in a direct, rather relaxed English that yet has an eerie, neo-Biblical dignity.”
— John Updike, The New Yorker
“An informed and believable work of fiction . . . of what may have been going through the mind of Jesus during his epic ministry.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
“Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.”
— The New York Review of Books
“[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.”
— The New York Times
“Challenges readers on the religious right and the atheist left with equally rich interpretive tasks.”
— The Dallas Morning News
“Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.”
— The Cincinnati Post
“A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.”
— The New Yorker
“A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”
— Life
“Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.”
— The Washington Post
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