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Naked and the Dead
Naked and the Dead
Author: Norman Mailer
Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, The Naked and the Dead received unprecedented critical acclaim upon its publication and has since enjoyed a long and well-deserved tenure in the American canon. This fiftieth anniversary edition features a new introduction created especially for the occasion by Norman...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805005219
ISBN-10: 0805005218
Publication Date: 3/1981
Pages: 721
Edition: Reissue
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 1
Norman Mailer writes with a clarity that is often missing from other good novelists. He develops very strong characters and focusses closely on the interactions between them and their environment. Don't expect an action-packed story: The tales here are the soldier's lives and the lack of action is part of war which seems to be very realistically reconstructed.
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Blech. I did not like this book. However, if you want a literary look at the evils of war, this is your novel. Mailer is an excellent writer. All the same, I could never read this again.
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Interesting read!
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Intense war novel with Mailer's unique style of writing. Engrossing.
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Quite helpful and complete; easy to use. There was no drink we could think of that wasn't in this book.


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