Mash Mania [Paperback]

Richard hooker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1979

THE MEN OF THE SWAMP ARE BACK... Alive and well in Spruce Harbor, Maine, the hometown of Hawkeye Pierce. He and his wacky pals of the M*A*S*H* 4077th may be growing older, but they sure haven't grown up! Who else would connive to send a forty-year-old lobsterman to medical school - on a football scholarship? Or have a bear and an eighty-year-old physician tried for rape? Or maneuver a prostitute named Graveyard Alice into bed with a bird - even if he is the Greatest Black-Headed Grosbeak of Them All? They did it all - and plenty more - and the result, well ... is the town of Spruce Harbor still standing?

Product Details

• Paperback: 175 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (January 1, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671821784
• ISBN-13: 978-0671821784
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MASH goes home., January 11, 2011

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Claude L. Parish "Dr. Edualc" (Baton Rouge, La.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mash Mania (Paperback)

The idea of MASH anywhere BUT Korea may be considered bad because of the snore fest called AfterMASH. It was an ill conceived spin off created in hopes of keeping the audience from the TV series.
MASH Mania, however, tears down anything you remember about the TV show and builds up a series of vignettes by Richard Hooker about most of the MASH buddies following Hawkeye home.
Good to see that Henry Blake is still alive in the MASH universe, even if it is only a cameo appearance.
Lazy fun and good friends building their own hospital makes for a fine afternoon's reading.
Hooker knows his characters better than any TV writer does.
If you are a fan of the TV show, pass this one by. I say pass it by, but if you want to see the meat and not just the bare bones, fork over a penny and postage for a book you won't forget.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Need Stitches From Laughing So Hard!!!, November 23, 2001

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John K. Olsen (Buffalo Grove, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: M*A*S*H mania (Hardcover)

Hawkeye Pierce and a wacky cast of characters including Trapper John and Duke Forrest invade Crabapple Cove, Maine and the hijinks begin! A comedy tour-de-force for young and old alike, you will find it hard to put this book down once you begin reading. Enjoy!

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth reading, March 30, 2011

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Jed Pokojowiec (Deposit, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mash Mania (Paperback)

I loved the TV series and thought that the movie was pretty good so I took this book out of the library when I saw it there. I read about half of the first page, read a paragraph or two on a couple of other pages and will be returning the book to the library tomorrow. Life is much too short to waste time reading garbage like this.