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Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: the Army is their heart and blood . . .and, possibly, their death.
In this magnificent but brutal classic of a soldier's life, James Jones portrays the courage, violence and passions of men and women who live by unspoken codes and with unutterable despair. . .in the most important American novel to come out of World War II, a masterpiece that captures as no ther the honor and savagery of men.
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In this magnificent but brutal classic of a soldier's life, James Jones portrays the courage, violence and passions of men and women who live by unspoken codes and with unutterable despair. . .in the most important American novel to come out of World War II, a masterpiece that captures as no ther the honor and savagery of men.
From the Paperback edition.
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Review:
"A work of genius."--"Saturday Review"
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"Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story."--"Los Angeles Times"
"A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry."--"The New York Times"
"Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I've read about life in the army."--"The New Yorker"
A work of genius. "Saturday Review"
""
Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story. "Los Angeles Times"
A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry. "The New York Times"
Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I ve read about life in the army. "The New Yorker""
A work of genius. Saturday Review
Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story. Los Angeles Times
A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry. The New York Times
Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I ve read about life in the army. The New Yorker"
" "
"Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story."--"Los Angeles Times"
"A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry."--"The New York Times"
"Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I've read about life in the army."--"The New Yorker"
A work of genius. "Saturday Review"
""
Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story. "Los Angeles Times"
A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry. "The New York Times"
Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I ve read about life in the army. "The New Yorker""
A work of genius. Saturday Review
Extraordinary and utterly irresistible . . . a compelling and compassionate story. Los Angeles Times
A blockbuster of a book . . . raw and brutal and angry. The New York Times
Ferocious . . . the most realistic and forceful novel I ve read about life in the army. The New Yorker"
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- PublisherGramercy Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0517223007
- ISBN 13 9780517223000
- BindingHardcover
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