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Why are we in Vietnam? : a novel
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Why are we in Vietnam? : a novel

Author: Norman Mailer
Publisher: New York : Picador, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 1st Picador USA edView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Hunting stories
Bildungsromans
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Norman Mailer
ISBN: 0312265069 : 9780312265069
OCLC Number: 44706415
Notes: "A classic novel of wartime America"--Cover.
Description: 208 p. ; 21 cm.
Responsibility: Norman Mailer.

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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.

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