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A Biography Of Joseph Heller
August 2011
On Sale: August 2, 2011
Featuring: Joseph Heller
560 pages
ISBN: 0312596855
EAN: 9780312596859
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
>In time for the 50th anniversary of
Catch-22, Tracy Daugherty, the critically acclaimed
author of Hiding Man (a New Yorker and New York Times
Notable book), illuminates his most vital subject
yet in this first biography of Joseph
Heller. Joseph Heller was a Coney
Island kid, the son of Russian immigrants, who went on to
great fame and fortune. His most memorable novel took its
inspiration from a mission he flew over France in WWII (his
plane was filled with so much shrapnel it was a wonder it
stayed in the air). Heller wrote seven novels, all of which
remain in print. Something Happened and Good as
Gold, to name two, are still considered the epitome of
satire. His life was filled with women and romantic
indiscretions, but he was perhaps more famous for his
friendships—he counted Mel Brooks, Zero Mostel, Carl Reiner,
Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, Mario Puzo, Dustin Hoffman,
Woody Allen, and many others among his confidantes. In 1981
Heller was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a
debilitating syndrome that could have cost him his life.
Miraculously, he recovered. When he passed away in 1999 from
natural causes, he left behind a body of work that continues
to sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year.
Just One Catch is the first biography of
Yossarian’s creator, with cooperation by the estate
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