The Caine Mutiny - Softcover

Wouk, Herman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444786075 ISBN 13: 9781444786071

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2013

Synopsis

When Lieutenant Commander Philip Queeg is given the captaincy of the destroyer-minesweeper USS Caine, Ensign Willie Keith believes that the tough Naval Academy graduate will bring much needed discipline to the Caine's rough crew.
But Queeg soon reveals himself to be a cowardly, paranoid man. When his actions begin to endanger not just the crew but the war effort itself, Keith finds himself faced with a terrible choice: obey Queeg, and risk the lives of his shipmates and allies - or mutiny.
Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life and mutiny on a Navy warship in the Pacific theatre was immediately embraced, upon its original publication in 1951, as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of World War II. In the intervening half century, The Caine Mutiny has become a perennial favourite of readers young and old, has sold millions of copies throughout the world, and has achieved the status of a modern classic.

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Review:

Compelling... a panoramic, engrossing story. (Atlantic Monthly)

The Winds of War gives more vivid pictures of the principal leaders of the war than military and political history could. Fiction is better than history at showing "how it really was" where matters of human character are concerned. (Political Science Quarterly)

First-rate storytelling. (New York Times)

With the whole world as its setting, The Winds of War tells the intimate story of an American family - a Navy family - caught up in the vortex of world conflict... World history comes to life at a personal, eyewitness level. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Wouk is a matchless storyteller with a gift for characterization, an ear for convincing dialogue, and a masterful grasp of what was a stake in World War II. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Book Description:

The beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning classic - a masterpiece of duty, loyalty, and betrayal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1444786075
• ISBN 13: 9781444786071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672