“It is impossible to walk away from this novel without being sharply reminded of the fact that Norman Mailer is a writer of extraordinary ability.”—Chicago Tribune
“A book of great integrity. All the old qualities are here: Mailer’s remarkable feeling for the sensory event, the detail, ‘the way it was,’ his power and energy.”—The New York Review of Books
“A tour de force, a treatise on human nature.”—The Dallas Morning News
“A brilliant piece of writing.”—Newsweek
“Original, courageous, and provocative.”—The New York Times
