Jonathan Poritsky

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The Castle in the Forest: A Novel by Norman Mailer

rat­ing: 4 of 5 stars
This book it tough to swal­low as it human­izes one of the most vile peo­ple in his­tory, Adolf Hitler. However, once I allowed myself to get into the book, I saw the genius behind Mailer’s work. If we human­ize a man by see­ing him through the eyes of a devil, what does that say about us? Layers and ques­tions fill this book, mak­ing it more of a stim­u­lat­ing read than an infor­ma­tional one. Also, Mailer’s prose is incred­i­ble here. He is like a chameleon, enter­ing an older dialect for an older tale. I knew he was great, just didn’t real­ize he was so diverse. A mas­ter of let­ters! (excla­ma­tion points add to the book’s charm. check it out.

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