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Tough Guys Don't Dance
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Author: Norman Mailer
Tough Guys Don't Dance represents Mailer at the peak of his powers with a stunningly conceived novel that soon transcends it's origins as a mystery to become a relentless search into the recesses and buried virtues of the modern American male. Rarely, as many readers will discern, have the paradoxes of machismo and homosexuality been so well ex...  more »
ISBN: 457249
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 229
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Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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MaiasGranny avatar reviewed Tough Guys Don't Dance on + 103 more book reviews
Couldn't get past the 1st chapter. Too full of self pity and brooding introspection.
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Classic mystery...Good as ever.
MKSbooklady avatar reviewed Tough Guys Don't Dance on + 946 more book reviews
I thought it was time I read something by Norman Mailer. I picked this book. 1st mistake. I really tried to like it, got to page 33, quit. Picked it up again. 2nd mistake, got to page 66. Finally did something right and gave it up. Luckily it is a library book, so nothing lost. Maybe I'll try another one by him, but I just don't get it. Don't recommend it.
buzzby avatar reviewed Tough Guys Don't Dance on + 6062 more book reviews
After reading this, I see how he got a good reputation; he can pull you into a story pretty quick, and he kind of catches the poor-slob macho view of life.
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Raw Norman Mailer mystery.


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