The City Boy Author:Herman Wouk Herman Wouk's The City Boy has become one of the best0loved and most successful novels ever written by this master novelist of American life. Translated into a dozen languages, its international popularity has been surpassed only by the author's Pulitzer-Prize winning The Caine Mutiny. Alive with the exuberance and innocence of youth, filled w... more »ith adventure and young love, it is one of those rare novels whose tremendous appeal spans all ages and all nations.