THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
by MAILER, Norman
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/good
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About This Item
New York & Toronto: Rinehart and Company, 1948. Book Find Club. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Thick duodecimo, 721 pages, brown cloth; dj scuffed at extremities with some breaks, other scuffs.
This is the Book Find Club edition of this work. DJ features four major reviews on the rear flap. A classic novel of WWII, and of American and Japanese forces fighting in the Pacific Theater.
This is the Book Find Club edition of this work. DJ features four major reviews on the rear flap. A classic novel of WWII, and of American and Japanese forces fighting in the Pacific Theater.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005231
- Title
- THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
- Author
- MAILER, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Find Club
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York & Toronto
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- WWII war in the pacific norman mailer
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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