The Naked and the Dead
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap [no date]. (hardcover) 721pp. Very good plus in fair dust jacket. Undated (c.1979 - the copyright page lists 1948, which is often erroneously listed as the date). Book Club Edition, distributed by Grosset & Dunlap in arrangement with Rinehart & Company. Black smooth-cloth boards; lettering in red to spine. Top-edge coloured red. No head-band or foot-band. Dust jacket design by Karov, as 1st Ed. Jacket with notable wear; large 1" paper-loss at foot of spine; chipping at head of spine; red on spine faded; jacket rubbed; edgewear, chipping. No price listed on jacket; code "249249" listed on top corner of front flap. Jacket appearance greatly improved in protective mylar. No "R" on copyright page. Internally, textblock bright and clean. This copy from the library of renowned English-Canadian physician Ian McWhinney - the "Founding Father of Family Medicine" - with his bookplate to the ffep..
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
- Seller
- Spafford Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 117456
- Title
- The Naked and the Dead
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Literature, American Literature, Literature - American
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
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About Spafford Books
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