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A review by kryptowright1984
Mash by Richard Hooker
4.0
I'm a huge MASH fan from way back, as far as the movie and TV show are concerned. So when I saw MASH: The Novel at a used bookstore, I knew it was time to complete my full MASH experience.
As a comic novel, the book contains a fair amount of zany antics and biting cynicism. Many of the things you saw in the movie are in the book in far different shapes, and while I can't say the novel has quite the same aims as the TV show, I can say that this is where its moments of blackness spring from.
I enjoyed the book immensely, basking in the constant stream of character description and hijinks. But in the end, I'm not sure what it all added up to, what its purpose was, other than to point out the surgeons survived any way they could. The show certainly hammered that home enough, but I kept feeling there was a darker undercurrent, a hopelessness in the book, that it never quite let see the full light of day. And that may have been the key to understanding the whole intention of the story.
As a comic novel, the book contains a fair amount of zany antics and biting cynicism. Many of the things you saw in the movie are in the book in far different shapes, and while I can't say the novel has quite the same aims as the TV show, I can say that this is where its moments of blackness spring from.
I enjoyed the book immensely, basking in the constant stream of character description and hijinks. But in the end, I'm not sure what it all added up to, what its purpose was, other than to point out the surgeons survived any way they could. The show certainly hammered that home enough, but I kept feeling there was a darker undercurrent, a hopelessness in the book, that it never quite let see the full light of day. And that may have been the key to understanding the whole intention of the story.