help finding a book for a friend...WWII literature.

Hello,

First post here. I have a friend who is looking for a book without knowing the title or author. Here's what he knows about it...it appeared on some "Top 200" book list although he's not sure which one. It's vaguely about WWII and the Pacific. It could be based on the author's own experience, but he thinks that it's literature and not an autobiography. It might have been published in the 1950s, but he's really not sure.

Vague eh? It was a book an exgirlfriend recommended and they are no longer are terms for him to be able to ask her.

I can only come up with Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead" or "The Caine Mutiny." Anyone else have ideas?

Thanks!

Could it be From Here to Eternity by James Jones?

Maybe - War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk?

If you check over on the Historical Fiction Group, they have a thread for WWII literature. There is so much, especially during the 60's and 70's. The Bridges at Toko-Ri by James Michener, The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulé, The Dirty Dozen by Nathanson ...

I would question him a bit more. See if he can remember something about the story. Any clue would be helpful.

>3 Kaysee: The Winds of War was the first volume, before War and Remembrance. I'm pretty sure those came out in the 70's, but Caine Mutiny was definately much earlier.

edited because....Sorry, I think the Michener is the Korean War...I read it when I was 12 or 13, so loooong ago....

The Thin Red Line by James Jones?

Tales of the South Pacific, James Michener?

Guadalcanal Diary-- Richard Tregaskis? That's a non-fiction account of the battle for the island in WW 2, though.

Bridges at Toko-Ri is indeed Korean War.

I think he should ring the girlfriend, pretend to be someone else doing a survey and ASK HER.

OR get back together for as long as it takes to find the name of the book?

Or ask a friend to call her.

Try the Name That Book group...