NAKED & THE DEAD
by MAILER, NORMAN
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
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About This Item
NY: Rinehart & Co. Pub. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1948 verso only. first edition,3p. HARDCOVER. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S4.00 DUST JACKETdj states "third printing"...book itself lacks any identifing infor above cr date line. ; WHITE SPINE TITLES ON BLACK HARDCOVERS..WHITE ENDPAPERS... DJ COVER HAS ABSTACT "DOT" LINE DRAWING FACE ON RED BACKGROUND..BACK PANEL DJ SHOWS LARGE PHOTO OF AUTHOR & CIGARETTE, SUIT..INTENSE STARE.. (G.MAILLARD KESSLERE) ...***.ALL UNDER NICE CLEAR VINYL PROTECTIVE SLEVE..****; 721ps THICK pages; WW2 platoon fighting against Japanese story.. . .
Synopsis
Acclaimed as a successful expression of the futility of war, Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead follows the story of an army platoon of foot soldiers fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei during World War II. The novel, which embodies wartime disillusionment, is partly based on Mailer’s own experiences with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Through its four parts, The Naked and the Dead addresses themes of loneliness, death of fear and dying, and brotherhood. The novel is written in gritty, journalistic detail. However, this tone was dialed back as publishers persuaded Mailer to use to euphemism “fug” in lieu of the mother of all curse words — the “F” word — in his novel. The Naked and the Dead sold 200,000 copies in its first three months and was a New York Times best seller for over a year. Despite some controversy among critics, the novel remains important in American literature. The Naked and the Dead is ranked 51st on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1958.
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- Bookseller
- Wonderful Books by Mail
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 137596
- Title
- NAKED & THE DEAD
- Author
- MAILER, NORMAN
- Illustrator
- KAROV DJ DESIGN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition,3p
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Co. Pub
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1948 verso only
- Keywords
- Ww2, Japan, Fiction
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