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The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Based on Mailer's own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, The Naked and the Dead' is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in the glories of the Allied victory, it altered forev ...Show more
The Naked and the Dead (INDENT) by Norman Mailer
Category: Fiction | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Reissue of a modern classic -- the book that catapulted Norman Mailer to fame on its first publication in 1948. Based on Mailer's own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, 'The Naked and the Dead' is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in bat ...Show more
Why Are We in Vietnam? by Norman Mailer
Category: Cult Fiction
"It is impossible to walk away from this novel without being sharply reminded of the fact that Norman Mailer is a writer of extraordinary ability."--Chicago Tribune Featuring a new foreword by Mailer scholar Maggie McKinley Published nearly twenty years after Norman Mailer's fiction debut, The Naked a ...Show more