[RepoGirl]

He was a passable writer, but was a phenomenal shill for the left and that was why he was elevated to such 'godlike' status in the literary world. Never enjoyed his work, but man was I forced to choke it down in grad school. From all accounts, Mailer sounded like such an angry, wretched venemous person.

Still, someone who loved him is probably hurting right now, so my prayers are with them.

[squarebarb]

He knew how to hustle the ‘intellectual’ crowd in NY.

He knew how to keep himself in the news because the news is leftist. Just like Susan Sontag.

He probably never read Marx.

He was a mediocre writer.

[trisham]

He was a passable writer, but was a phenomenal shill for the left and that was why he was elevated to such 'godlike' status in the literary world. Never enjoyed his work, but man was I forced to choke it down in grad school. From all accounts, Mailer sounded like such an angry, wretched venemous person.

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I think that sums it up.