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DATE OF REVIEW - 3/22/1965 | |||
[[65.7|AN AMERICAN DREAM]] | |||
By Norman Mailer | |||
Publisher - Dial Press, 1965 | Publisher - Dial Press, 1965 | ||
{{DISPLAYTITLE | {{DISPLAYTITLE:An American Dream Expanded/Scene: Inside an Army Tent in Vietnam March 22, 1965}} | ||
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"The hero of ''An American Dream'' is Stephen Richards Rojack, a war hero, college professor, television performer and the husband of an immensely wealthy girl." | "The hero of ''An American Dream'' is Stephen Richards Rojack, a war hero, college professor, television performer and the husband of an immensely wealthy girl." | ||
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''An American Dream'' | |||
<p>2nd Soldier: "You read that very well." | <p>2nd Soldier: "You read that very well." | ||
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<p>1st Soldier: "Well, should I read it or not?"</p> | <p>1st Soldier: "Well, should I read it or not?"</p> | ||
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''An American Dream'' | |||
<p>2nd Soldier: "Lemme put it this way, Dad. I wouldn't recommend it for my mother 'cause she'd give me you-know-what for reading a dirty book. You remember that part of the jacket you read where it said the hero is a television performer? Well, he's even more of a bedroom performer, so I guess that lets out anybody who gets shocked easy. When you come right down to it, I'd say I'm about the only person I know who's worldly enough to read it without getting all shook up."</p> | <p>2nd Soldier: "Lemme put it this way, Dad. I wouldn't recommend it for my mother 'cause she'd give me you-know-what for reading a dirty book. You remember that part of the jacket you read where it said the hero is a television performer? Well, he's even more of a bedroom performer, so I guess that lets out anybody who gets shocked easy. When you come right down to it, I'd say I'm about the only person I know who's worldly enough to read it without getting all shook up."</p> | ||
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<p>2nd Soldier: "Good Luck, Frank Buck."</p> | <p>2nd Soldier: "Good Luck, Frank Buck."</p> | ||
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Review written by Donald M. Boucher | |||
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