Joseph Heller
1) Catch-22
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
464 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-three years and over ten million copies later...the classic story continues. Yossarian returns -- older, if not wiser -- to face a new foe. An instant classic when published in 1961, Joseph Heller's Catch-22 still ranks among the funniest -- and most serious -- novels ever written about war. Now Heller has dared to write the sequel to his 10-million copy bestseller, using many of Catch-22's characters to deftly satirize the realities and the...
6) Good as Gold
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
c1979
Physical Desc
447 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2000
Physical Desc
233 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In his final novel, Heller, through the personna of Eugene Pota, portrays the life of a novelist whose first novel was his biggest ever but who still feels a need to write yet another and so consults everyone from his agent to his wife, to his editor, to old lovers, and considers the lives and works of many other novelists along the way.
9) God knows
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1984
Edition
1st trade ed.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the Biblical David lies on his death-bed he looks back on his own, crowded life and tells all.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller's masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more.
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
Soon to be a Hulu limited series starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh...
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
Soon to be a Hulu limited series starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh...
13) Catch-22
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a group of fliers in the Mediterranean during World War II.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on the book 'Sex and the single girl' by Helen Gurley Brown. Snoopy tabloid magazine editor Bob Weston wants to know if author Helen Gurley Brown based her book on, as he believes, personal research. He tries to parley an interview with the author who made headlines and sales. So he decides to get very personal to find out for himself.
15) Catch-22
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (267 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the acclaimed Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 follows the adventures and misadventures of a US air squadron in Italy in World War II, where the real enemy of the soldiers is actually the bureaucracy of the military.
