The Castle in the Forest

The final work of fiction from Norman Mailer, a defining voice of the postwar era, is also one of his most ambitious, taking as its subject the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man in possession of extraordinary secrets, follows Adolf from birth through adolescence and offers revealing portraits of Hitler’s parents and siblings. A crucial reflection on the shadows that eclipsed the twentieth century, Mailer’s novel* *delivers myriad twists and surprises along with characteristically astonishing insights into the struggle between good and evil that exists in us all.

**Praise for *The Castle in the Forest***

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“This remarkable novel about the young Adolf Hitler, his family and their shifting circumstances, is Mailer’s most perfect apprehension of the absolutely alien. . . . Mailer doesn’t inhabit these historical figures so much as possess them.”**—*The New York Times Book Review***

“Terrifically creepy . . . an icy and convincing portrait of the dictator as a young sociopath.”**—*Entertainment Weekly***

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“The work of a bold and confident writer who may yet be seen as the preeminent novelist of our time . . . a source of tremendous narrative pleasure . . . Every character . . . lives and breathes.”**—South Florida *Sun-Sentinel***

“Blackly hilarious, beautifully written . . . [*The Castle in the Forest*] has vigor, excitement, humor and vastness of spirit.”**—*The New York Observer***

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**Praise for Norman Mailer**

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“[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.”**—*The New York Times***

“A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.”**—*The New Yorker***

“Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.”**—*The Washington Post***

“A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”**—*Life***

“Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.”**—*The New York Review of Books***

“The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.”**—*Chicago Tribune***

“Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.”**—*The Cincinnati Post***

*From the Hardcover edition.*