Always a supremely confident extrovert, Mailer at times seemed like a publicity-seeking clown.In 1968, for example, he ran for mayor of New York, campaigning to make the city a separate state.

• 一向非常自信且性格外向的M，有时看起来也象是个公众寻找的小丑，例如，1968年，他竞选纽约市长，并且为争取这个城市成为美国独力的一州而奔波。