THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$33.90$27.12
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About This Item
Rinehart & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, appears to be second or very early state with $4.00 publisher price on DJ flap,1948 is only date with no later printings stated and no first state publisher colophon. Five blurbs starting with the New York Times review on upper rear flap and ending with the Atlantic Magazinerear. Full size author photo on rear panel. Very good book with small bumping to edges and light age tone to contents. Free of former owner writing or bookplates. Less than good jacket with chips, wear and tear. Jacket will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo .
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
- Abound Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17066
- Title
- THE NAKED AND THE DEAD
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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