Norman Mailer — The Naked and the Dead

London, Allan Wingate, 1949. Cloth. A first U.K. edition of Norman Mailer's best-selling novel inspired by his time as a cook during the Second World War. This novel draws upon the author's experiences during the Second World War, and was an instant best-seller. selling two hundred thousand copies in the first three months. Interestingly, the work was so full of profanities that the publisher refused to publish it without using an alternative, 'fug&apos.Written by Norman Mailer, an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner. This was his debut novel.An early edition; this work was first published in the U.S.A. the same year, with this edition a first impression of the first U.K. edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; spine is a little worn, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, binding is strained and exposed at both hinges. Pages are age-toned to the edges. Good . Ill.: None. Good .