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Closing Time: The Sequel to Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1995
Stick with the Sammy and Lew interludes
This unfortunate and unnecessary sequel to the immortal "Catch-22" actually includes some very good material. These are the interludes about Sammy Singer and Lew Rabinowitz, good friends and contemporaries of Yossarian, who look back with nostalgia on their Brooklyn ...
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God Knows
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1997
Hilarious Sleeper
This book is certainly a new take on the Old Testament story of King David. Lots of irreverence and so much that is virtually upside-down. David himself talks to us - a lot - and tells us all. Some might find this depiction of an over-the-top King of Israel kind of ...
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Trampa 22 (Catch-22) (Bolsillo)
Joseph Heller
Rba, 2007
At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable World War II flier John Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. Yet if he attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions, he is trapped by the Great Loyalty Oath Crusade, the hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule from which the ...
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Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Great great book
This book is so good, my weak attempt at a review is not going to do it justice. But I'll try.
I knew before I was half-way through that this is going to be a favorite and I plan to re-read it immediately. The writing is so fresh, the character studies so sharp, ...
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No Laughing Matter
Joseph Heller, Speed Vogel
Simon & Schuster, 2004
A funny look at Guillain-Barre syndrome
Heller was one of my all-time favorite writers, and his books never disappointed me. This book, written with his good friend Speed Vogel, is a description of Heller's medical ordeal.
Heller had Guillain-Barre syndrome, which is like a temporary form of polio. ...
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Something Happened
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1997
Chilling, funny investigation into the rotting underside of the human psyche
Joseph Heller's "Something Happened" is more than just a brilliant stylistic exercise, or a period piece portraying the social mores of the 1970s. It is nothing less than a deep and insightful novelized investigation into the human psyche, with a distinct Neo-Freudian ...
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Bodywise: An Introduction to Hellerwork for Regaining Flexibility and Well-Being
Joseph Heller, William Henkin
North Atlantic Books, 2004
Worth exploring!...shows you how to become a full-time owner of your own body!
I own a lot of books on optimum brain performance as part of relentless seach for better understanding - & application - of peak performance technologies. I know very well that peak performance depends very much on the brain working in perfect harmony & close ...
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Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Vintage, 1994
The insanity and inanity of war
War, for all its glory, gore, bloodshed, tragedy and horror, in the end is often one continuous story of insanity and inanity. People find themselves in circumstances that to the outsider, might seem quite funny. So goes this book; Catch-22, by Joseph Heller. ...
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Good As Gold
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1997
Tarnishing Washington
In "Good as Gold", Joseph Heller does for Washington what he did to the military in "Catch-22". As a fan of Heller's other works, I had high expectations for this book. While I thought there were a lot of humorous moments, it is a notch slightly below "Catch-22" and ...
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Sparknotes: Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Joseph Heller, SparkNotes Editors
SparkNotes, 2002
Get your "A" in gear! They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes ™ has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded ...
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Catch-22 (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
Joseph Heller
Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2007
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Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Dell, 1970
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Catch As Catch Can: The Collected Stories and Other Writings
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 2004
A cache of gems
Few novels impart the sense of the 1960s as did Heller's "Catch-22". It might be considered the guidebook for the movement to end the fallacy of the United States' involvement in Viet Nam. So abrupt was Heller's rise to prominence with that novel that his previous ...
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Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here
Joseph Heller
Vintage, 1999
A beautiful retrospective about a fairytale time.
As a person who also grew up in Coney Island all be it some thirty years after Mr. Heller did, I found this book to be a delight. It was really something to read about some of the people that I knew and some that my parents had told me about, as well. I totally ...
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Picture This : A Novel
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 2000
Everything But the Title!
Thank God Joseph Heller kept writing after Catch 22! - at least so that Picture This could get written - the ONLY drawback about this book being its TITLE!! This book is just what critics say -spellbinding. As well you get a firsthand feeling of who Rembrandt is in his ...
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