Norman Mailer is recovering in a hospital after surgery to remove scar tissue
around his lung, his daughter-in-law said Wednesday.
"He's been getting better every time I see him," Salina Mailer said. She
didn't recall the date of the operation at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.
Mailer, 84, gained instant literary acclaim with his first book, "The Naked
and the Dead," published in 1948 and based in part on his experience as an Army
infantryman in the Philippines.
He won Pulitzer Prizes for "The Armies of the Night" and "The Executioner's
Song." His latest book, "The Castle in the Forest," was published this
year.
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