[AmericanVictory]

The combination of too many drugs and too much boxing to show that you're tough is not a happy one. That first novel was promising, although it does not stand up as well as the critics thought it would, but it's definitely been down hill ever since -- all promise, celebrity, and no work product.

[alcuin]

That first novel was promising, although it does not stand up as well as the critics thought it would, but it's definitely been down hill ever since . .

Nay. Armies of the Night and Miami and the Siege of Chicago were far superior to NATD.

That Mailer has several Spaniards in his brainworks was ALWAYS obvious to friends, foes, and Mailer himself; the problem is he has always chosen to display the Spaniards, FULL FRONTAL!