The Guns of Navarone

Book Details

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Author(s):

Alistair MacLean

First Pub:

1956

Genre(s):

War; World War II

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 17

1 - Prelude: Sunday 0100-0900

2 - Sunday Night 1900-0200

3 - Monday 0700-1700

4 - Monday Evening 1700-2330

5 - Monday Night 0100-0200

6 - Monday Night 0200-0600

7 - Tuesday 1500-1900

8 - Tuesday 1900-0015

9 - Tuesday Night 0015-0200

10 - Tuesday Night 0400-0600

11 - Wednesday 1400-1600

12 - Wednesday 1600-1800

13 - Wednesday Evening 1800-1915

14 - Wednesday Night 1915-2000

15 - Wednesday Night 2000-2115

16 - Wednesday Night 2115-2345

17 - Wednesday Night Midnight

Internal ID:

13321

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

No dedication.

First Sentence:

The match scratched noisily across the rusted metal of the corrugated iron shed, fizzled, then burst into a sputtering pool of light, the harsh sound and sudden brilliance alike strangely alien in the stillness of the desert night.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

And dead ahead, bathed in the white moonlight, mysterious, remote, the island of Kheros lay sleeping on the surface of the sea.

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Added: 30-Jul-2022

Last Updated: 02-Oct-2024

01-Jan-1985

Fawcett Crest

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1985

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

288

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

12784

Publisher:

Fawcett Crest

ISBN:

0-449-20575-4

ISBN-13:

978-0-449-20575-4

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

"MR. MACLEAN HAS A HUGE TALENT."
The New York Times

The Guns of Navarone

An entire navy had tried to silence the guns of Navarone and failed. Full-scale attacks had been driven back. Now they were sending in just five men, but each of them was a specialist in dealing death.

The novel that gave birth to one of the most exciting war movies of all time is vintage MacLean.

"GREAT STUFF"
Time

"THRILLS, THRILLS, AND MORE THRILLS."
Saturday Review Syndicate

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Fawcett Crest Edition: March 1968
First Ballantine Books Edition: July 1982
Fifth Printing: January 1985

Got this from the free givaway box at the library.

01-Jan-1985
Fawcett Crest
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

Alistair MacLean
Birth: 28 Apr 1922 Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Death: 02 Feb 1987 Munich, Germany.

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