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The Naked and the Dead
- By: Norman Mailer
- Narrated by: John Buffalo Mailer
- Length: 26 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 414
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 363
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Story4 out of 5 stars 363
Hailed as one of the finest novels to come out of the Second World War, The Naked and the Dead received unprecedented critical acclaim upon its publication and has since become part of the American canon. This fiftieth anniversary edition features a new introduction created especially for the occasion by Norman Mailer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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John Buffalo Mailer narrates his father's book
- By J. Larson on 08-11-16
- The Naked and the Dead
- By: Norman Mailer
- Narrated by: John Buffalo Mailer
Mailer tour de force!
Reviewed: 01-17-24
The writing left me jealous of Mailer’s talent. It is as if the words fell onto the page from above. Effortless to read because of the quality of the writing.
Captured the paradox of war, the physical difficulties, the long periods of waiting and anticipation and fear, and the bursts of violence and emotion that followed.
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Rabbit Is Rich
- By: John Updike
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 310
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 237
The hero of John Updike's Rabbit, Run (1960), ten years after the hectic events described in Rabbit Redux (1971), has come to enjoy considerable prosperity as Chief Sales Representative of Springer Motors, a Toyota agency in Brewer, Pennsylvania. The time is 1979: Skylab is falling, gas lines are lengthening, the President collapses while running in a marathon, and double-digit inflation coincides with a deflation of national confidence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant Writing
- By L. Berlyne on 02-27-09
- Rabbit Is Rich
- By: John Updike
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Great writing
Reviewed: 12-13-22
Updike has written a real classic of the white American experience. Self absorbed protagonist lives a comfortable life almost by accident, bumping through life, damaging family and oblivious to the reality around him.
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