MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors

MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
Cover to paperback edition
(Pocket Books, 1969)
AuthorRichard Hooker
LanguageEnglish
SeriesM*A*S*H
GenreWar, Comedy, Drama
PublisherWilliam Morrow
Publication date
1968
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages211 pp
ISBN978-0-688-02061-3
Followed byM*A*S*H Goes to Maine 

MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors is a 1968 novel written by Richard Hooker (the pen name of former military surgeon H. Richard Hornberger) with the assistance of writer W.C. Heinz.[1] It is notable as the foundation of the M*A*S*H franchise, which includes a 1970 feature film and a long-running TV series (1972–1983). The novel is about a fictional U.S. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea during the Korean War.

Hooker followed the novel with two sequels. Additionally, a series of sequels, of a different and lighter tone, were credited to Hooker and William E. Butterworth, but actually written by Butterworth alone.

  1. ^ Goldstein, Richard (February 28, 2008). "W.C. Heinz, 93, Writing Craftsman, Dies". The New York Times.