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1951
BARBARY SHORE
Norman Mailer
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BARBARY SHORE

by Norman Mailer

Rinehart & Company · 1951

Peak rank

#11

Weeks on list

3

Debuted

June 1951

Chart History

#1510151951

3 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #11

Narrated by Lovett, a disabled World War II veteran, about intrigues surrounding McLeod, one of his Brooklyn boarding house neighbors, who is a former communist in this Cold War era setting, and his fellow boarders, one of whom is tailing McLeod.

All Appearances

11NEWJune 17, 1951wk 1
12↓1June 24, 1951wk 2
15↓3July 1, 1951wk 3

Details

Published
1951
Pages
328
Publisher
Rinehart & Company
Categories
Radicalism in literature

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