[a little elbow grease]

Yes on all counts. Those were some pretty crazy, illustrative days.

(Did you ever read a book from that era by Norman Mailer, "Armies of The Night"?)

Norman ..... one great craftsman/writer and one great book of that time (1968).

[kabar]

(Did you ever read a book from that era by Norman Mailer, "Armies of The Night"?)

I did. I also read his The Naked and Dead (my favorite of Mailer's given his wartime experience) and The Executioner's Song.

Mailer had a charismatic persona, bigger than life. His debates with Buckley, McLuhan, and Vidal were epic and enthralling. Mailer was the hip, acerbic rebel. His personal life was a mess.