The Castle in the Forest, Norman Mailer
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The Castle in the Forest

Author: Norman Mailer

Narrator: Harris Yulin

Abridged: 6 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/23/2007


Synopsis

A MAJOR NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST MEN OF LETTERS No career in modern American letters is at once so brilliant, varied, and controversial as that of Norman Mailer. In a span of more than six decades, Mailer has searched into subjects ranging from World War II to Ancient Egypt, from the march on the Pentagon to Marilyn Monroe, from Henry Miller and Muhammad Ali to Jesus Christ. Now, in his first major work of fiction in more than a decade, The Castle in the Forest offers what may be Mailer's consummate literary endeavor: he has set out to explore the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man in possession of some extraordinary secrets, takes the young Adolf from birth through his adolescence. En route, revealing portraits are offered of Hitler's father and mother, and his sisters and brothers. A tapestry of unforgettable characters, The Castle in the Forest delivers its myriad twists and surprises with astonishing insight into the nature of the struggle between good and evil that exists in us all. At its core is a hypothesis that is employed with stunning originality. Now, on the eve of his eighty-fourth birthday, Norman Mailer may well be saying more than he ever has before.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Bernadette on 2007-06-14 17:16:28

The premis is wonderful, the story of Hitler told by a devil - what a great idea. However, its fascination with excrement and bodily smells was a but offputting, and this narrator's voice I find a bit harsh. But, if stick with it, its an interesting, although not fast-paced, piece to listen to.