The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, with a New Introduction by the

<p>Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, <i>The Naked</i> <i>and the Dead</i> received unprecedented critical acclaim upon its publication and has since become part of the American canon. This fiftieth anniversary edition features a new introduction created especially for the occasion by Norman Mailer. <p/>Written in gritty, journalistic detail, the story follows an army platoon of foot soldiers who are fighting for the possession of the Japanese-held island of Anopopei. Composed in 1948, <i>The Naked and the Dead</i> is representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Norman Mailer<br><b>Publisher:</b> Picador USA<br><b>Published:</b> 08/05/2000<br><b>Pages:</b> 736<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.26lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.31h x 5.48w x 1.23d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780312265052<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times</i> 08/13/2000 pg. 22<br><i>Men's Journal</i> 05/01/2007 pg. 84<br><i>People Weekly</i> 11/26/2007 pg. 182<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>Norman Mailer</b>'s first novel, <i>The Naked and the Dead, </i> is widely regarded as one of the finest American novels of the twentieth century. Among Norman Mailer's other achievements are <i>Why Are We in Vietnam?</i>, <i>The Armies of the Night</i>, for which he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1968, and <i>The Executioner's Song</i>, which won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize.</p>