The Caine Mutiny
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize this atmospheric novel tells the story in flashback of a mutiny aboard a United States minesweeper during WW2. The murky events of the mutiny emerge during a court-martial and it soon becomes clear that few people will emerge from the trial with any credit.
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I suspect that, were I to look back through my Goodreads reviews, I'd find other instances where I've proclaimed a work to the be the greatest novel ever written. I may win no awards for consistency, but at the time of writing the sentiment was very genuine. And Herman Wouk managed to invoke it strongly. The Caine Mutiny, astonishing in its detail and its tight and flawless construction, may actually be very far from the best novel ever written, but by the time I reluctantly turned the last page I was sure, while the afterglow lasted, that it was unbeatable.
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