[Palpitations] Enter the mummy Adjust Share Norman Mailer finally gets his Egyptian novel out of his system By James Wolcott, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF 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 Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > May 1983 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close