Mailer’s Journey inside the CIA with Harlot’s Ghost

Authors

  • Ann L. von Mehren University of Memphis Author

Keywords:

Harlot’s Ghost, CIA, espionage, Cold War, metaphors of place, secrecy

Abstract

Harlot’s Ghost is Mailer’s fictional account of historical fears about ghosts and moles at the Central Intelligence Agency. Mailer depicts the denigrating effect that living a secret life has on a fictional American agent, Harry Hubbard, whom Mailer based on real spies and CIA agents in the late twentieth century.

Author Biography

  • Ann L. von Mehren, University of Memphis

    Ann L. von Mehren is a graduate student at the University of Memphis program in American and British literature. She received her BA from Harvard University and MA from Arcadia University. Her research interests include the influence of governmental media information and public policy on literary fiction and non-fiction.

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Published

2018-10-25

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Mehren, Ann L. von. “Mailer’s Journey Inside the CIA With Harlot’s Ghost”. The Mailer Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Oct. 2018, pp. 151–164, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/652.