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...Madden, an unsuccessful writer approaching 40, grieves over the departure of Patty Lareine, the wealthy wife whom he loves and hates to distraction. It is November, and the tip of Cape Cod retains nothing of its summer weekend splendors: "Provincetown was as colorful then as St.-Tropez, and as dirty by Sunday evening as Coney Island." Confused and lonely, Madden stalks the deserted streets and dunes by day and repairs in the evening to a local restaurant, where he sits in the bar and drinks too much. He is conscious of his new status as an unaccompanied stag and approves...
...Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. But it takes Author Norman Mailer only a few pages to dispel any notion that he is dealing in parody, self-or otherwise. Tough Guys Don't Dance is, for openers, an engaging murder mystery, vividly set in a locale (Provincetown, Mass.) that Mailer, a sometime homeowner there, knows as well as the back of his fist. The book also raises questions besides whodunit. Among them: What, if anything, does being male or female mean at this late date in the 20th century? Can the American dream survive , money and luxury...
...deep hole. At one time he owed heavy back taxes and $250,000 to his agent; his extravagant personal life had produced skyrocketing bills for alimony and child support. He sold off parts of his Brooklyn Heights brownstone, gradually marooning himself on its spacious fourth floor. A house in Provincetown, Mass., was sold at an Internal Revenue Service auction. He interrupted his work on Ancient Evenings to write books for quick money. One paid an unexpected dividend: The Executioner's Song, his account of the life and death of Gary Gilmore, won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for fiction...
Short continued writing after college at the Provincetown Advocate, where he was managing editor. Friends said his days in Provincetown epitomized his versatility and vitality. While there he organized a softball league conducted the first vote registration drive, played hockey for a team with a 1-30 record, and was the chairman of the town's Democratic Committee...
Following graduation, Short started his own newspaper, the Provincetown Advocate, with their friends from college. In 1973 he left Provincetown to attend law school at Northeastern University...