M. A. S. H. by Richard Hooker

M. A. S. H. by Richard Hooker

Before the movie, this is the classic war novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth.

The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."

For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original satirical novel's version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide--all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.

Richard Hooker was a surgeon and author who lived from 1924 until 1997. MASH, his most famous work, was inspired by his experiences in the Korean War's 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.