{"product_id":"castle-in-the-forest-book-norman-mailer-9780394536491","title":"The Castle in the Forest","description":"The final work of fiction from Norman Mailer, a defining voice of the postwar era, is also one of his most ambitious, taking as its subject the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man in possession of extraordinary secrets, follows Adolf from birth through adolescence and offers revealing portraits of Hitler's parents and siblings. A crucial reflection on the shadows that eclipsed the twentieth century, Mailer's novel\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edelivers myriad twists and surprises along with characteristically astonishing insights into the struggle between good and evil that exists in us all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Castle in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This remarkable novel about the young Adolf Hitler, his family and their shifting circumstances, is Mailer's most perfect apprehension of the absolutely alien. . . . Mailer doesn't inhabit these historical figures so much as possess them.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Terrifically creepy . . . an icy and convincing portrait of the dictator as a young sociopath.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The work of a bold and confident writer who may yet be seen as the preeminent novelist of our time . . . a source of tremendous narrative pleasure . . . Every character . . . lives and breathes.\u003cb\u003e--South Florida \u003ci\u003eSun-Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Blackly hilarious, beautifully written . . .  \u003ci\u003eThe Castle in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e] has vigor, excitement, humor and vastness of spirit.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Norman Mailer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The largest mind and imagination  in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49570129084689,"sku":"GOR013591548","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49794612101393,"sku":"CIN0394536495G","price":3.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50353479549201,"sku":"CIN0394536495A","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50669979042065,"sku":"GOR003057122","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51454807048465,"sku":"CIN0394536495VG","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53707361911057,"sku":"GOR015010706","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0394536495.jpg?v=1750781729","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/castle-in-the-forest-book-norman-mailer-9780394536491","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}