An Epic Procedure
Peter McEachern's remembrance in Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100 (2023) of visiting Mailer at Mass General after his open-heart surgery, when Mailer compared himself to Agamemnon.
Peter McEachern’s “An Epic Procedure” (Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100, p. 72) recalls visiting Mailer with Danielle Mailer at Massachusetts General Hospital after his open-heart surgery. They found him in high spirits, comparing the operation to a warrior’s wound: “I feel like Agamemnon.”
Full text: An Epic Procedure. Other contributions are listed in the book’s contents.