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Mailer's The Deer Park is set in a secluded oasis, Desert D'Or, two hundred miles from Hollywood, where starlets, directors, and studio executives converge. The novel traces the lives of young ex‑Air Force pilot Sergius O'Shaugnessy, who captivates the radiant actress Lulu Meyers, and brilliant director Charles Eitel, whose career is threatened by communist accusations and who finds himself drawn to the volatile Elena Esposito. As Mailer follows their couplings and uncouplings, he sketches a vivid portrait of the American motion‑picture industry and the moral compromises people make in pursuit of success and self‑identity.
First publish date: 1955
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Norman Mailer
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