TOUGH GUYS DO TYPE, SLOWLY.(Show)

Byline: Publishers Weekly

After five years and a couple of extra months at the keyboard, Norman Mailer finally turned in the manuscript for "Harlot's Ghost," his "long-awaited great American novel." The book - exploring the soulful side of the CIA - will be published next May.

Jason Epstein, the tough guy's editor at Random House, was overheard …