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THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart and Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 721 pages; VG-/VG-; spine black, with red label and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; wear at upper left corner of jacket front; crease down center of jacket spine; lettering age toned; creases at crown of jacket spine; small closed tear to upper edge of jacket back; price uncut '$4.00'; closed tears to crown and tail of volume spine; wear to joints; shelf wear to bottom edges of boards; pages clean; CX consignment; shelved Case 2. 1346096. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1346096
- Title
- THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
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Rockville, Maryland
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- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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