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Something Happened

by Joseph Heller

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ISBN13: 9780684841212
ISBN10: 0684841215
Condition: Standard
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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, inexorably, his discontent deteriorated into desolation until...something happened.

Something Happened is Joseph Heller's wonderfully inventive and controversial second novel satirizing business life and American culture. The story is told as if the reader was overhearing the patter of Bob Slocum's brain — recording what is going on at the office, as well as his fantasies and memories that complete the story of his life. The result is a novel as original and memorable as his Catch-22.

Synopsis:

From the author of "Catch-22" comes a compelling, funny and ultimately shocking tale of a corporate executive whose drives and fears stem from an obsession deep within his soul.
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About the Author

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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Product Details

ISBN:
9780684841212
Author:
Heller, Joseph
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Author:
Heller, Joseph L.
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Businesspeople
Subject:
Businesspeople -- United States -- Fiction.
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Businesspeople -- United States.
Copyright:
1974
Edition Number:
Reissue ed.
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
v. 16, no. 204
Publication Date:
November 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
576
Dimensions:
8.49x5.61x1.44 in. 1.15 lbs.
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