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The Naked and the Dead

By Norman Mailer

Book information

Publisher
Picador
Year
1960
ISBN
9780312265052
Google Books ID
c66GLzQjQFAC
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
615 kB (629729 bytes)
Pages
0\0
Time added
2014-08-30 18:30:08

Description

Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, The Naked and the Deadreceived unprecedented critical acclaim upon its publication and has since become part of the American canon. This fiftieth anniversary edition features a new introduction created especially doe the occasion by Norman Mailer. Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows an army platoon of foot soldiers who are fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Composed in 1948, The Naked and the Deadis representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing.

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