text: This man did not write the book In the Belly of the Beast, but letters addressed to him make up that text.
full_question: This man did not write the book In the Belly of the Beast, but letters addressed to him make up that text. He claimed that a certain race of people had been "living on the margin between totalitarianism and democracy for two centuries." This author wrote a book which was split into two parts: t"history as a novel" and "the novel as history." He wrote an essay about mainstream hipsters appropriating black culture titled "The White Negro." This author wrote a "novelized" account of the 1967 March on the Pentagon and a Pulitzer winning account of Utah administering the death penalty to killer Gary Gilmore. For 10 points, name this author of Armies of the Night and The Executioner's Song.
first_sentence: This man did not write the book In the Belly of the Beast, but letters addressed to him make up that text.
raw_answer: Norman Mailer 