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Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. In 1961, he published Catch-22, which became a bestseller and, in 1970, a film. He went on to write such novels as Good as Gold, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time (the sequel to Catch-22), and Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man. Heller died in December 1999.

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Catch-22
Catch-22 By: Joseph Heller
This edition: Hardcover, 544 pages
Publication date: April 5, 2011
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American lit-erature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—novels of all time. In recent years it has been named to “best...
Other Formats: eBook, Trade Paperback
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No Laughing Matter
No Laughing Matter By: Joseph Heller and Speed Vogel
This edition: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2004
MEMOIR It all began one typical day in the life of Joe Heller. He was jogging four miles at a clip these days, working on his novel God Knows, coping with the complications of an unpleasant divorce, and pigging out once or...
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Catch As Catch Can
Catch As Catch Can The Collected Stories and Other Writings By: Joseph Heller
This edition: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publication date: March 5, 2004
Years before the publication of Catch-22 ("A monumental artifact of contemporary literature" -- The New York Times; "An apocalyptic masterpiece" -- Chicago Sun-Times; "One of the most bitterly funny works in the language" --...
Other Formats: eBook
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Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man
Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man By: Joseph Heller
This edition: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publication date: July 17, 2001
Imagine that the novelist -- his name here is Eugene Pota -- realizes that the days are dwindling and he needs to come up with one more novel. But what should he write? That first novel, the one that launched him, the one...
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Picture This
Picture This A Novel By: Joseph Heller
This edition: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publication date: March 24, 2000
Picture this: Rembrandt is creating his famous painting of Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer. As soon as he paints an ear on Aristotle, Aristotle can hear. When he paints an eye, Aristotle can see. And what Aristotle...
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Something Happened
Something Happened By: Joseph Heller
This edition: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publication date: November 12, 1997
Bob Slocum was living the American dream. He had a beautiful wife, three lovely children, a nice house...and all the mistresses he desired. He had it all -- all, that is, but happiness. Slocum was discontent. Inevitably,...
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Good as Gold
Good as Gold By: Joseph Heller
This edition: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publication date: November 12, 1997
Bruce Gold, a middle-aged, Jewish professor of English literature, finds himself on the brink of a golden career in politics -- and not a moment too soon, as Gold yearns for an opportunity to transform a...
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God Knows
God Knows By: Joseph Heller
This edition: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publication date: November 12, 1997
Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, King David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of Israel, husband of...
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Closing Time
Closing Time THE SEQUEL TO CATCH-22, A NOVEL BY By: Joseph Heller
This edition: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publication date: September 15, 1995
A darkly comic and ambitious sequel to the American classic Catch-22. In Closing Time, Joseph Heller returns to the characters of Catch-22, now coming to the end of their lives and the century, as is the entire generation...
Other Formats: Audio Download, eBook