SOURCE: "Excess without End," in The New Leader, May 16, 1983, pp. 14-16.
In the following review, Davis offers a generally unfavorable assessment of Ancient Evenings. Though acknowledging the novel's "virtuosity and inventiveness," Davis finds shortcomings in Mailer's uninspired ideas and fascination with debauchery and violence.
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