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Published in 1948, The Naked and the Dead was the first novel penned by future two time Pulitzer Prize winning author Norman Mailer. Based on his own experiences as a soldier in the Pacific Theatre during WWII, The Naked and the Dead is widely considered to be one of the finest novels written about WWII and is listed by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels.
The gripping tale revolves around an army platoon fighting the Japanese on a fictional island named Anopopei. The coarse language and journalistic style of writing are as brutal, tenacious and dirty as the battles and experiences they describe and add to the overall realism of the story.

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This is the story of Youssef El Mekki, who lives in the slums of Casablanca with his single mother. She has kept many secrets from him, but he's about to enter college and join a fringe Islamic group and he's curious and determined to find out the truth about his family. His mother has always maintained that his father died in an accident, but Youssef finds out he's alive, and is intent on meeting him. Will his father accept him? Does he have siblings? Will he prefer his father's lifestyle over that of his mother? All these questions and more are answered as Youssef comes of age amidst the turmoil of change occurring in Morocco. Check catalog for availability.