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Book Reviews of Naked and the Dead

Naked and the Dead
Naked and the Dead
Author: Norman Mailer
ISBN-13: 9780805005219
ISBN-10: 0805005218
Publication Date: 3/1981
Pages: 721
Edition: Reissue
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Book Type: Paperback
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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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The cover art is different but the book is in excellent condition