Description: Soon to be a major motion picture, this classic war novel by the author of "From Here to Eternity" tells the story of the men of C-for-Charlie company before, during, and after the Allied effort at Guadalcanal. "Brutal, direct, and powerful".--"Los Angeles Times".
Review Quotes: "Brutal, direct, and powerful . . . The men are real, the words are real, death is real, imminent and immediate."--Los Angeles Times
"A rare and splendid accomplishment . . . strong and ambitious, spacious, and as honest as any novel ever written."--Newsweek"[A] major novel of combat in World War II . . . reminiscent of Stephen Crane in The Red Badge of Courage."--The Christian Science Monitor
"The Thin Red Line moves so intensely and inexorably that it almost seems like the war it is describing."--The New York Times Book Review