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100 best novels in English language

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1948

Norman Kingsley Mailer1948

Arts / Literature

"The Naked and the Dead", based on his personal experiences during World War II, hailed by many as one of the best American novels to come out of the war years and named one of the "100 best novels in English language" by the Modern Library

Names involved

Norman Kingsley Mailer

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