Harper Lake

Harper Lake

Saturday, January 18, 2014

The Naked and the Dead (Hollis)

The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
WWII - Anopopei Island - Japanese held - Invasion by US - Gen. Cummings, ego, homosexual tendencies - Lt. Hearn, rich, socialist ideas - Sgt. Croft, tough Texan, cruel, demanding - Gallagher, Boston Irish, anti-Semite - Wilson, poor southerner, happy-go-lucky, Red, afraid of commitment -
Martinez, Mexican-American, brave - Roth, superiority complex, physically weak - Goldstein - Jewish, well respected - Brown, college dropout, consumed with thoughts his wife is unfaithful - Stanley, quiet feminist - Polack, orphan, tough, courageous - Ridges, the preacher - Toyaku Line - Mt. Anaka - brotherhood. An excellent novel that needs to be studied and not just read.



Tales of Harper, short stories and poems about the fictional town of Harper, Mississippi is available on Amazon Kindle
Coming soon: More Tales of Harper (an ebook on Amazon)

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