{"product_id":"mornings-with-mailer-a-recollection-of-friendship-isbn-9780061733598","title":"Mornings with Mailer: A Recollection of Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMornings with Mailer\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender and affectionate view of the protean author at the end of the Big Novel that was his life. Dwayne Raymond’s book offers a uniquely intimate perspective on one of our literary giants. Applause.” — Tom Piazza, author of \u003cem\u003eCity of Refuge\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this moving memoir, Dwayne Raymond provides an intimate look at the daily routine of a great writer in the last years of his life.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eTeam of Rivals \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMornings with Mailer\u003c\/em\u003e is the revealing memoir by Dwayne Raymond, the man who worked as Norman Mailer’s personal assistant during the last five years of the iconic author’s life. Recasting the legendary writer of such classics as \u003cem\u003eThe Naked and the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Executioner’s Song\u003c\/em\u003e in a new light, \u003cem\u003eMornings with Mailer\u003c\/em\u003e describes the powerful bond that formed between him and Raymond from April 2003 until Mailer’s death in November 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2003, Norman Mailer, who was then eighty years old, invited an improbable companion into his life: Dwayne Raymond, a young writer who was waiting tables at a restaurant in Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod, where Mailer spent most of his final years. Raymond became Mailer's aide in all matters professional and private, assisting the Pulitzer Prize–winning author on the four books he published during this time, including his last novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Castle in the Forest\u003c\/em\u003e. As Raymond's responsibilities grew, so too did his closeness to Mailer, who in turn taught him how to navigate his own personal challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this touching memoir, Dwayne Raymond presents a loving portrait of Norman Mailer in his twilight years, depicting a quirky and complex but achingly human man so unlike the Mailer of disquieting legend. Beautifully written and honestly portrayed, \u003cem\u003eMornings with Mailer\u003c\/em\u003e is a personal and revealing story of a great writer, his man Friday, and their unlikely but enduring friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Mornings With Mailer is a tender and affectionate view of the protean author at the end of the Big Novel that was his life. Dwayne Raymond’s book offers a uniquely intimate perspective on one of our literary giants. Applause.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Piazza, author of City of Refuge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A frank and tender account...Enlightening, rooted in the accumulation of everyday detail, from which a meticulous, deeply sympathetic portrait of Mailer emerges. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tender...An illuminating look at the mind and methods of a Pulitzer Prize winner.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dwayne Raymond adds another dimension to our appreciation of a great man’s genius, the paradoxes of his genial belligerence, his obstinacy at once maddening and endearing, and his unaffected originality. This is a fascinating touching memoir, and often funny too.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarry Evans, New York Times bestselling author of They Made America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“So tender and funny that you don’t even have to be a Norman Mailer fan to be moved by it...You just have to be a fan of great men, valiantly facing the decline of their powers until they become, against their will, examples to us all.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Charming and poignant....From a firsthand observer like Raymond, you get a view of a writer you simply don’t from a more formal biography.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Refreshingly, critically candid...The book is a quick 340 pages that could be read in a hurry or just as easily savored, digested, and considered.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCape Cod Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mornings with Mailer is an affectionate recollection of Raymond’s time with Mailer…Of course, Raymond spent more than just mornings with Mailer, and the book describes the small moments with great warmth.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCape Cod Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this moving memoir, Dwayne Raymond provides an intimate look at the daily routine of a great writer in the last years of his life.  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