{"product_id":"9780312265052","title":"The Naked and the Dead : 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Naked and the Dead\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Norman Mailer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, \u003ci\u003eThe Naked\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Naked and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is representative of the best in twentieth-century American writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The best novel to come out of the . . . war, perhaps the best book to come out of any war.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Best novel yet about World War II.” —\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brutal, agonizing, astonishingly thoughtful.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nightmarish masterpiece of realism.” —\u003ci\u003eCleveland News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vibrant with life, abundant with real people, full of memorable scenes. To call it merely a great book about the war would be to minimize its total achievement.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The most important American novel since \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312265052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673415135438,"sku":"9780312265052","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d1a409c3-cf75-4e82-a12a-f497d2e65e51.jpg?v=1639882901","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312265052","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}