Show Plot Biloxi Blues

Authors: Neil Simon

Time Period: 1943-44

Setting: Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi

Summary: Biloxi Blues is a semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age comedy-drama by Neil Simon. It follows young, aspiring writer Eugene Morris Jerome as he leaves Brooklyn for a World War II Army boot camp in Mississippi. Eugene navigates boot camp, clashes with a demanding drill sergeant, and learns life lessons.