- World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, American Naval operations, Fiction in English
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize this atmospheric novel tells the story in flashback of a mutiny aboard a United States minesweeper during WW2. The murky events of the mutiny emerge during a court-martial and it soon becomes clear that few people will emerge from the trial with any credit.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Herman Wouk
- First published
- 1951
- Pages
- 536
- Publisher
- LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY, Jonathan Cape, The Reprint Society
- Editions
- 88
- Language
- vie, English, German, French
- ISBN
- 9780671604257
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“He was of medium height, somewhat chubby, and good looking, with curly red hair and an innocent, gay face, more remarkable for a humorous air about the eyes and large mouth than for any strength of chin or nobility of nose.”
Herman Wouk was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, historical novels about World War II, and non-fiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. His books have been translated into 27 languages.
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