{"product_id":"9780385324083","title":"The Thin Red Line: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eJones, James; Prose, Francine\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDial Press Trade Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/9\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eThey are the men of C-for-Charlie company—“Mad” 1st Sgt. Eddie Welsh, Pvt. 1st Class Don Doll, Pvt. John Bell, Capt. James Stein, Cpl. Fife, and dozens more just like them—infantrymen who are about to land, grim and white-faced, on an atoll in the Pacific called Guadalcanal. This is their story, a shatteringly realistic walk into hell and back.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the days ahead, some will earn medals, others will do anything they can dream up to get evacuated before they land in a muddy grave. But they will all discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad—and the living from the dead—in this unforgettable portrait that captures for all time the total experience of men at war.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Foreword by Francine Prose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Brutal, direct, and powerful . . . The men are real, the words are real, death is real, imminent and immediate.”—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A rare and splendid accomplishment . . . strong and ambitious, spacious, and as honest as any novel ever written.”—\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] major novel of combat in World War II . . . reminiscent of Stephen Crane in \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.”—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Thin Red Line \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003emoves so intensely and inexorably that it almost seems like the war it is describing.”—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Dial Press Trade Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42956106399999,"sku":"9780385324083","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780385324083_s600x595.jpg?v=1780335814","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780385324083","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}