The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: A Drama in Two Acts

By Herman Wouk

Book Overview

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THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL is Herman Wouk's own stage adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1951 novel The Caine Mutiny. Upon its original publication, Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining drama of life--and mutiny--on a Navy warship was immediately embraced as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of World War II. In the intervening half century, THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL has become a perennial favorite of readers young and old, adapted multiple times for film and television.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385514417
• ISBN13: 9780385514415
• Release Date: April 1954
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

IT'S NOT BOGIE AND FERRER....BUT IT'S GOOD

To do it justice it was excellent! But if you've already seen Humphrey Bogart and Jose' Ferrer in the Cain Mutiny movie then you've already seen the best that can be done. This audio book has some more and some different information but it's really close. The actors did fine jobs but better than Bogart and Ferrer, no. I enjoyed it as a comparison read and if you can suspend your memory, don't criticize and just absorb, you will enjoy it.

I found the book to be an excellent depiction of the war.

The Caine Mutiny was an excellent novel. It gave a great insite on a sailor's life during the war. I found it to go into great discription at times. THis was often confusing and boring. Besides these detailed parts I found it to be intriguing.