{"product_id":"why-are-we-in-vietnam-9780399591754","title":"Why Are We in Vietnam?","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"It is impossible to walk away from this novel without being sharply reminded of the fact that Norman Mailer is a writer of extraordinary ability.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing a new foreword by Mailer scholar Maggie McKinley\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished nearly twenty years after Norman Mailer's fiction debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Naked and the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003e this acclaimed novel further solidified the author's stature as one of the most important figures in contemporary American literature. Ranald \"D. J.\" Jethroe, Texas's most precocious teenager, recounts a brutal hunting trip he took to Alaska--in a story of fathers and sons, myth and masculinity, character and corruption. Both entertaining and profound, \u003ci\u003eWhy Are We in Vietnam? \u003c\/i\u003eis an exceptional, timeless work awaiting discovery by a new generation of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhy Are We in Vietnam?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A book of great integrity. All the old qualities are here: Mailer's remarkable feeling for the sensory event, the detail, 'the way it was, ' his power and energy.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A tour de force, a treatise on human nature.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A brilliant piece of writing.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Original, courageous, and provocative.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399591754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Norman Mailer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750040891573,"sku":"9780399591754","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/why-are-we-in-vietnam-9780399591754","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}