Pieces Author:Norman Mailer In Pieces, and its companion volume, Pontifications, Norman Mailer explores his evolving perceptions about everything from sex, the media, spies, and politics, to writers and writing, artand success, and his own books and career. Pieces collects his most exciting essays from the last decade; writings that reflect... more » his often surprising attitudes towards film, television, Watergate, and the CIA, among other phenomena, including a fresh look at the characters and styles of Ernest Hemingway and Henry Miller. « less