Why Are We in Vietnam? by Norman Mailer audiobook

Why Are We in Vietnam?: A Novel

By Norman Mailer
Read by MacLeod Andrews

Brilliance Audio

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781522637288

  • ISBN: 9798228401952

Runtime: 4.97 Hours
Category: Fiction/War & Military
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

When Why Are We in Vietnam? was published in 1967, almost twenty years after The Naked and the Dead, the critical response was ecstatic. The novel fully confirmed Mailer's stature as one of the most important figures in contemporary American literature. Now, a new edition of this exceptional work serves as further affirmation of its timeless quality.

Narrated by Ranald ("D.J.") Jethroe, Texas's most precocious teenager, on the eve of his departure to fight in Vietnam, this story of a hunting trip in Alaska is both brilliantly entertaining and profoundly thoughtful.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A book of great integrity. All the odd qualities are here: Mailer’s remarkable feeling for the sensory event, the detail, ‘the way it was,’ his power and energy.” New York Review of Books
“A shattering social commentary… The book is a tour de force, a treatise on human nature, society, and war in flip disguise.” Dallas News

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Author

Author Bio: Norman Mailer

Author Bio: Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer (1923–2007) wrote more than thirty books, including The Naked and the Dead; The Armies of the Night, for which he won a National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize; The Executioner’s Song, for which he won his second Pulitzer Prize; Harlot’s Ghost; Oswald’s Tale; The Gospel According to the Son; and The Castle in the Forest. He was one of the cofounders of the Village Voice.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD
Category: Fiction/War & Military
Runtime: 4.97
Audience: Adult
Language: English