May 1983 Issue [Palpitations] Enter the mummy Download PDF Adjust Share Norman Mailer finally gets his Egyptian novel out of his system by James Wolcott, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 20th century American fiction History and criticism Norman Mailer Novelists, American More from James Wolcott Philip Larkin’s enormous yes A connoisseur of doom whose wit refuses to die Hammett’s long goodbye A deferential biography of literature's Marlboro man The prince of finesse Nine hundred pages of criticism prove that John Updike is no air-dancing dandy Adjust Share