Monday, January 22, 2007

"The Executioner's Song, then, was to be a novel of the West"

Spotting a kindred spirit, J Diddy comes to Norman Mailer's defense, 28 years ago. "I think no one but Mailer could have dared this book. The authentic Western voice, the one heard in The Executioner's Song, is one heard often in life but only rarely in literature, the reason being that to truly know the West is to lack all will to write it down," she opines in classic, moody fashion, that's also the typical mix of self-effacing and important, given her own obsession with capturing the Western mood.

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