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AN AMERICAN DREAM

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by Norman Mailer (1965)

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A beautifully written tale of sex, intrigue, revelation, and murder. Following marital separation, Rojack continues to visit his wife every three weeks or so. On one such visit, actually the ultimate one, Rojack murders his wife. He does such a good job of it that the police cannot bring charges against him. What a buzz! Whoever said such things were impossible? And, in the space of a day or two, Rojack is now shagging two different women! Murder can sometimes open doors, or so it may seem. But as Rojack persists in his pursuit of the Devil and abandons limitations, and in so doing, realises that God in the form of morality, which means fixed limits on conduct, can be relegated by human choice, some things start to change. Secrets are revealed. The American Dream is strictly a business model run for profit. Fiction. 241 pages.

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DETAILS:

Title: An American dream

Year: 1965

Author: Norman Mailer

Pages: 241

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Book review by Keith Salter