Buckley and Mailer
The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties

The cover shows Buckley and Mailer as the Jokers in the deck, and I think that's an apt description on their place in the history of the 1960's. A very good book on multiple levels...As an overview of the 60's, as a (sort of) dual biography, as literary criticism. Buckley and mailer leaves me somewh......more

The author focused much more on Mailer than Buckley (so the title and jacket cover was misleading). The insight offered wasn't that insightful and the treatment of both Buckley and Mailer seemed fairly surface-level for a book-length treatment. Enjoyable read for the most part, but not much useful a......more

Buckley and Mailer were two of the leading spokesmen for their respective political leanings, mainly during the late 50’s through the 70’s. Buckley, who came from a family pedigree of wealth, advocated vociferously for those rules and philosophies that benefited corporate and individual wealth, and......more

This is a compelling and well-written book that completely fails to prove its thesis. Schultz, like the debate organizers who first brought Mailer and Buckley together, imagines Buckley and Mailer as the leaders of movements, right and left, and the prime examples of the opposing ideologies of their......more

I saw this on the shelf at my local library and was intrigued. I knew of Buckley but was much less familiar with Mailer. I'd probably heard the name, but. Anyway, the sub-title was also interesting. Two prominent people that were political opposed throughout most of their lives yet were very good fr......more