Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties

by Kevin M. Schultz

Book Overview

William F. Buckley, Jr., and Norman Mailer were the two towering intellectual figures of the 1960s, and they lived remarkably parallel lives. Both became best-selling authors in their twenties (with God and Man at Yale and The Naked and the Dead); both started hugely influential papers (National Review and the Village Voice); both ran for mayor of New York City; both were noted for their exceptional wit and venom; and both became the figurehead...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393088715
• ISBN13: 9780393088717
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"