Title: A rewarding novel on many levels.
Product review: Harlot's Ghost has more going on in it than a dozen ordinary novels. Stylistically Mailer has resolved the old tension between his straightforward narrative style (The Naked and the Dead, The Executioner's Song) and his sometimes over-the-top commentary style (American Dream, most of his essay writing). Similarly, he has brought together his best qualities as a journalist and his best qualities as a novelist. Harlot's Ghost is factually informative and intelligent, yet it maintains the attention to literary subtlety and individual characterization that are usually lost in big books about big social issues. It should be a pleasure to read the remaining portions of the book once they appear.
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