22-06-2014, 20:21
Norman Mailer - The Naked And The Dead - 1948
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Being on the classics lists I was expecting better. Considering his age at the time (25), gotta give Mailer some kudos though. World War II novel set on an island off of Japan. The U.S. needs the airstrip and we're coming in to save the uninhabited island from the Japs. Most of the book follows this one recon patrol and their quest to ascend the highest peak. I guess they want the view. They encounter little opposition. In fact very little of the book details any actual combat. A couple of the guys get knocked off and one falls off a cliff. The rest go back to the base and party after the hike.
Grade - C
next up - Against All Enemies by Richard A. Clarke
Being on the classics lists I was expecting better. Considering his age at the time (25), gotta give Mailer some kudos though. World War II novel set on an island off of Japan. The U.S. needs the airstrip and we're coming in to save the uninhabited island from the Japs. Most of the book follows this one recon patrol and their quest to ascend the highest peak. I guess they want the view. They encounter little opposition. In fact very little of the book details any actual combat. A couple of the guys get knocked off and one falls off a cliff. The rest go back to the base and party after the hike.
Grade - C
next up - Against All Enemies by Richard A. Clarke