Abbot was a nut
Mailer got him out
He wasn’t a commie I don’t think
Not really political just a state raised maniac
He wrote Belly of the Beast Which Mailer pimped
A horrible son of whore upbringing and took it out on the world
Robber and killer and decent writer
But sociopath
An odd choice for a namesake
Was Che taken?
Or George Jackson or Cinque?
I remember reading about that case. Did not know Sarandon was involved but certainly Norman Mailer was.
He thought Abbot had great potential as a writer and helped him get out, befriended him and whatever.
But that guy was out one day and then killed again.
Mailer and his ilk then acted like he never knew him and threw him under the bus like it all never happened.
The absolute hypocrisy of Mailer, Sarandon, and others remains unreal!