Norman Mailer and the Dynamite Club

Authors

  • Dick Russell Author

Keywords:

Harlot’s Ghost, CIA and Cold War culture, conspiracy discourse, Watergate, John F. Kennedy assassination, literary journalism, intelligence and espionage

Abstract

The Dynamite Club, a political insiders’ group, had evolved out of Mailer’s research for his epic novel about the CIA, Harlot’s Ghost. Encounters at the Dynamite Club are recounted in close detail.

Author Biography

  • Dick Russell

    Dick Russell is the author of ten books, and wrote about Mailer’s relationship with James Baldwin in Black Genius and the American Experience.

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Published

2026-10-09

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2013): A Double Life • Mind of an Outlaw

Section

Articles