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FROM THE AUTHOR OF CATCH-22, SOON TO BE A TV SERIES ON CHANNEL 4
Joseph Heller's othermasterpiece - a darkly comic, sometimes tragic satire that does for the American Dream what Catch-22did for the madness of war
'Joseph Heller's finest achievement' Jonathan Coe
Bob Slocum was a promising executive. He had an attractive wife, three children, a nice house, and as many mistresses as he desired. His life was settled and ordered; he had conformed and society demanded he be happy - or at least pretend to be. But the pretence was becoming more and more difficult, as Slocum's discontent grew into an overwhelming sense of desolation, frustration and fear.
And then something happened. . .
'One of the most pleasurable, engrossing, and in retrospect moving American novels ever written... The most criminally overlooked great novel of the past half century is a book called Something Happened' LA Review of Books
Joseph Heller's othermasterpiece - a darkly comic, sometimes tragic satire that does for the American Dream what Catch-22did for the madness of war
'Joseph Heller's finest achievement' Jonathan Coe
Bob Slocum was a promising executive. He had an attractive wife, three children, a nice house, and as many mistresses as he desired. His life was settled and ordered; he had conformed and society demanded he be happy - or at least pretend to be. But the pretence was becoming more and more difficult, as Slocum's discontent grew into an overwhelming sense of desolation, frustration and fear.
And then something happened. . .
'One of the most pleasurable, engrossing, and in retrospect moving American novels ever written... The most criminally overlooked great novel of the past half century is a book called Something Happened' LA Review of Books
| ISBN-13 | 9781784874339 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1784874337 |
| Weight | 0.84 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.76 x 5.12 x 1.34 In |
| Format | - |
|---|---|
| Pages | 544 pages |
| Publisher | Vintage Classics |
| Published On | 2019-05-02 |
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