(New York Times) -Norman Mailer, the combative, controversial and often outspoken novelist who loomed over American letters longer and larger than any writer of his generation, died today in Manhattan. He was 84.
Conservative Reader Blog points out:
Much of his writing was left-leaning, and he tended to take an anti-establishment position, but regardless he deserves respect for this: he served in WWII with honor, and wanted to be part of the first wave of invasion troops to go to Europe… he was however sent to the South Pacific theatre instead. Some of writings, such as “The Naked and the Dead”, were drawn from that experience. Mailer was also a supporter of U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
Amazing how many folks don’t know that about him.
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