{"product_id":"castle-in-the-forest","title":"Castle in the Forest","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCastle in the Forest\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNorman Mailer\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780812978490\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e477\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe 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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Castle in the Forest | Norman Mailer | Paperback | 9780812978490 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1712704","offer_id":48316096577688,"sku":"1712704","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/A1OHcqsBZlL.jpg?v=1773169593","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/castle-in-the-forest","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}