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The young lions or the naked and the dead

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31-08-2010 7:57pm

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susanroth

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Has anyone read either of these books? If so what did you think?

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#2 01-09-2010 11:03pm
nompere

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I read Irwin Shaw's "The Young Lions" many years ago. I recall enjoying it. It was written not long after the war and is semi-autobiographical. It's still in print after more than sixty years, so it must have something going for it. Anthony Beevor referred to Shaw in his "D-Day" which I only finished a couple of days ago.

I've had a few tries with Mailer, but usually I have given up. So I've never even started "The Naked and the Dead".

Of the semi-autobiographical books of that era my favourite is probably Leon Uris's "Battle Cry" about the US Marines in the Pacific.

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