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Since it's publication during World War II, through various wars and political movements, Johnny Got His Gun has been a book in the spotlight. Of course, Trumbo was a member of the Hollywood Ten, and the book was banned, but it has always found it'...more...]]> 38207502 1687247 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 5 2 false Thu Nov 20 05:00:43 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 05:07:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 30500167 1393336 607566 0553274325 9780553274325 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176250244m/607566.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176250244s/607566.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607566.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273
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Instead, I picked this up. The new edition I got has a new Foreword by a woman named CarolCindy Sheehan, who lost her son Casey in Iraq in 2004. This is on top of the old new Foreword by Ron Kovic -- does that name ring a bell? It should, if you are...more...]]> 46601009 2038339 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 1 1 false Wed Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 16 22:42:35 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 23:52:53 -0800 2009 It is written in second person limited, which is annoying enough if not for the added limitation of narrating through a character with no eyes, nose, ears, mouth or limbs. Written prima...more...]]> 38321665 1715408 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 4 2 false Fri Nov 21 11:32:37 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 11:48:06 -0800 2008 2
War it dirty, disp...more...]]> 50776538 2162803 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 5 0 true Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 28 22:46:43 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 23:14:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 81985755 3047007 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 5 0 false Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Dec 24 21:28:16 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 21:31:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 72860427 2787537 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 5 0 true Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 00:35:53 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 00:35:53 -0700 2009 1 Johnny survives a bomb...more...]]> 60918780 279142 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Wed Jun 24 08:35:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 08:51:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 57581603 2361065 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 2 1 true Wed May 27 22:13:14 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 22:14:43 -0700 2009 Blindness (reviewed Oct 3), and read them back to back.  Nearly four months later...I finished it today.  It's disturbing.  It's painful. 

It was the title that caught my attention.  T...more...]]> 62264413 1442431 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 5 0 false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 17:55:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 14:18:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78756171 2973892 680049 0806528478 9780806528472 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177092711m/680049.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177092711s/680049.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/680049.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.25 243 1939 5 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:27:50 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 11:34:37 -0800 2009
The protagonist Joe exists a slab of meat after an explosion in a battle during World War I leaves him without arms, legs, deaf and blind, and without a jaw to communicate or nose to smell. He is only kept alive by the diligent car...more...]]> 58966091 237286 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 2 0 false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 04:10:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 09:05:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 58508256 2170480 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 5 0 false Thu Jun 04 23:37:19 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 23:51:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1226244 85452 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 3 1 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Tue May 15 10:43:02 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 11:03:27 -0700 2007 69895680 1577947 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 5 0 false Wed Sep 02 23:10:15 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 23:43:34 -0700 2009 Johnny Got His Gun when I read it in high school, many years ago. I recall this now after stumbling onto an excellent PBS American Masters documentary about Dalton Trumbo, focusing on his experience as a blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter. What I didn't ...more...]]> 16677449 875447 680049 0806528478 9780806528472 39 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177092711m/680049.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177092711s/680049.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/680049.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 5 1 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Feb 29 06:18:21 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 06:20:09 -0800 2008 47520280 1990560 51606 0806512814 9780806512815 339 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549m/51606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223648549s/51606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51606.Johnny_Got_His_Gun 4.17 3273 1939 5 0 false Wed Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Feb 25 14:12:41 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 08:50:20 -0700 2009 the entire feeling can be summed up in a single chapter, chapter 3. it will always haunt me, and to this day, years aft...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=51606