WHY ARE WE IN VIETNAM? by Norman Mailer. 208 pages. Putnam. $4.95.
A better question is: Why did Norman Mailer write this book? Even better: Why did Putnam publish it? Never once does Mailer comment on the war n Vietnam. Even the name Vietnam is mentioned only twice in the book, and then in the final paragraph.
The publishers call this curious book about four Texans on a bear hunt in
Alaska a novel. Beyond that, they prefer to pass all judgments on to the readers. Says the jacket blurb: "There will be some who say Why Are We in Vietnam? is the first...
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