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Norman Mailer: The Naked and the Dead: Norman Mailer (Penguin Modern Classics) [2018] paperback Condition:Very Good Susan Herbert's brilliantly observed felineBased on Mailer's own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, The Naked and the Dead' is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in the glories of the Allied victory, it altered forever the popular perception of warfare. Focusing on the experiences of a fourteen man platoon stationed on a Japanese held island in the South Pacific