The naked and the dead
By: Norman Mailer.
Edition: 50th anniversary ed. / with a new introduction by the author.
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 721
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Description: Written in gritty, journalistic detail, The Naked and the Dead follows a platoon of Marines who are stationed on the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Composed in 1948 with the wisdom of a man twice Mailer's age and the raw courage of the young man he was, The Naked and the Dead is representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing. This fiftieth anniversary edition features a new introduction created especially for the occasion by Norman Mailer.
Notes: "First Henry Holt edition"--T.p. verso.