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The Karma of Words: Mailer since Executioner's Song
- Journal of Modern Literature
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 30, Number 1, Fall 2006
- pp. 1-16
- 10.1353/jml.2006.0057
- Article
- Additional Information
In this interview Mailer discusses orientalist aspects of works such as Ancient Evenings in relation to the notion of karmic morality that connects his works. Throughout, Mailer demonstrates his capacity for bringing together existential risk and infinite playfulness: "And so the book started as a desperate ploy."