"The most daring, ambitious and by far the best written of the several very long, daring and ambitious books Norman Mailer has so far produced. . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book. . . . There can no longer be any doubt that he possesses the largest mind and imagination at work in American literature today. " CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Narrated by Harry Hubbard, a second-generation CIA man, HARLOT'S GHOST looks into the depths of the American soul and the soul of Hugh Tremont Montague, code name Harlot, a CIA man obsessed. And Harry is about to discover how far the madness will go and what it means to the Agency and the country.
