The Big Empty: Dialogues on Politics, Sex, God, Boxing, Morality, Myth, Poker, and Bad Conscience in America Summary
Norman Mailer

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The Big Empty: Dialogues on Politics, Sex, God, Boxing, Morality, Myth, Poker, and Bad Conscience in America Summary

The Big Empty by Norman and John Buffalo Mailer is a collection of discussions between father and son. Norman is fifty-five years older than his son, John. Not surprisingly, the "discussion" between the young aspiring writer and actor and the famous award-winning writer is rather one-sided, one that more closely resembles an interview by a young writer who wants to gain the wisdom and knowledge of an older learned and accomplished...

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