Capote attacking Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

On Aug 22, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> I'll take "Has-Beens of Mid-Twentieth Century American
> Literature" for $500, Alex ...
>
> --- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> The article within featured three young authors,
>> Capote, Gore Vidal, and Calder Willingham, all of
>> whom were showing considerable promise.
>
> Who is Calder Willigham?  Okay, next ...

I know you know.

Everybody surely remembers Willingham's End as a Man. Created quite a  
scandal at the time though hard to see now why.

About life in a military school, made into a movie starring Ben Gazzara.

The phrase "end as a man" upon first being  heard probably recalled  
for many the title of another literary work about  the

military life--Arms and the Man.

Somewhere in the book the superintendent of the military school (I  
think it was) sez something like--if all you young fellas can stick  
this out

then we will have succeeding in making you end as a man.

The three promising young authors were a much needed counterweight to  
the very hetero reigning literary lion of the day, Norman Mailer.

Don't imagine Life noticed this latter point however.

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