The other James Jones (THE Great American Novel Found...and Lost)

Washington Examiner ^ | October 21, 2010 | P.J. Gladnick

[kaylar]

After reading the full article, I did look for a used copy of the book (it's out of print) . Found some 1957 HBs for 9.99, which should be the unabridged version. What the hey-it sounded interesting. :-)

I won't wont hold the movie version of The Thin Red Line against the writer...Though that movie did create one of my fondest memories of my late husband. We were watching the film at the theater, having been tricked by the good reviews. The southern sharpshooter was in the midst of his internal monologue when he has the line, "....the living, and the bor'd..." (Bor'd meaning, borned, rural backwoods for 'people having been born').Anyway, no sooner was that line about "the bor'd" recited when my DH leans over and hisses in my ear, "That would be us". Cracked up right there in the theater. Later, when we we watching the Phantom Menace (again, at the theater) right in the middle, he leans over and whispers, "This is the sci fi Thin Red Line, isn't it?"

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

If you’d sooner call another FReeper a liar than accept a difference of opinion about a literary work...nothing in the rules against that. Carry on!

[PJ-Comix]

Make sure it is the UNABRIDGED version you read. Definitely THE Great American Novel.