Mash
A Novel About Three Army Doctors
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4.5 • 196 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Before the movie, this is the classic war 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 satirical novel’s 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.
Customer Reviews
Good read. Spelling errors
This was the best book I’ve read in a while. It did have quite a few spelling and grammatical errors I suspect were the result of putting it into an electronic version. Aside from that it was great. I grew up watching the tv show and later the movie, which did not detract from the read at all. Would recommend.
Greatest book ever
I loved reading this book it made me laugh just as much as watching the show.
M*A*S*H
Great human interest story. Read the same about other services, other wars. But human nature doesn’t change…