In the South of Spain, one could look to vice as quickly as… - Norman Mailer

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In the South of Spain, one could look to vice as quickly as to virtue for a sense of tradition.

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Norman Mailer (31 January 1923 – 10 November 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director who is considered to have been innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism.

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Birth Name: Norman Kingsley Mailer

Alternative Names: Andreas Wilson

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In the South of Spain, one could look to vice as quickly as to virtue for a sense of tradition. - Norman Mailer

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