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MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (1969)

by Richard Hooker

Series: MASH (1)

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The book was there before the movie and TV series. It is rather episodic--ready-made for episodes of the ongoing comedy/drama it became. But the characters are there, though some are different. (

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gbelik | Jan 16, 2013 |

I never did quite finish this book because I got to the point that I didn't care. Seems dated. I'm just not into the "boys will be boys" type of story anymore...was I ever? (

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bookweaver | Jun 17, 2011 |

The book that started it all. The writing isn't the fanciest, but considering the author was a doctor, he does a pretty okay job. The characters are amusing and the dialogue is a hoot, and he takes care to explain what the various surgical procedures are (for example, a bowel resection). Recommended for M*A*S*H fans. (

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rabbitprincess | Feb 26, 2011 |

The movie was better than the book, and the TV show was better than the movie. (

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sdunford | Jul 9, 2010 |

MASH was thought provoking, uproariously funny, and surprisingly educational. I learned a good amount about military rank, biology, war surgery, golf, and football, just to name a few subjects. (

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bibliovermis | Jun 24, 2010 |

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Series (with order)

MASH (1)

Canonical title

MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

Original title

M.A.S.H.

Alternative titles

M*A*S*H

Original publication date

1969

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Hawkeye Pierce

Trapper John McIntyre

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MASH (1970 ∙ IMDb)

M*A*S*H (1972 ∙ IMDb)

Awards and honors

Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay (1970)

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When Radar O'Reilly, just out of high school, left Ottumwa, Iowa, and enlisted in the United States Army it was with the express purpose of making a career of the Signal Corps.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0688149553, Paperback)

Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth.

The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."

For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide--all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.

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Hot Lips Houlihan, Hawkeye Pierce, Radar O'Reilly, and other familiar characters make their first appearance in this Korean War novel about the crazy antics of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.