The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the AuthorHailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, The Naked and the Dead 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. |
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