128. To Mickey Knox
“A Series of Tragicomedies”
The Norman Mailer Society
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Raymond Chandler: Author of The Big Sleep (1939), Farewell, My Lovely (1940), and several other hard-boiled detective novels and stories, Chandler (1888–1959) was an influence on Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1984).
Minetta: Malingering soldier in NAD, played by Greg Roman in the film version. Knox did not appear in the film.
in May and June: NM and Adele spent the early summer of 1955 in Europe, mainly Barcelona and Rome.