The Resource Just one catch : a biography of Joseph Heller, Tracy Daugherty
Just one catch : a biography of Joseph Heller, Tracy Daugherty
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- Summary
- "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-Barre; 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 548 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue: Yo-yo
- Part one: Good fellows. Domestic engagements
- A Coney Island of the mind
- Fear of filing
- A cold war
- "I don't love you any more"
- Part two: Happy Valley. Words in a box
- Naked
- Tea and sympathy
- Part three: Live forever. Caught inside
- 18
- 22
- Part four: What happened. The realist
- Bombs
- Where is World War II?
- The willies
- Part five: Die trying. Hard to swallow
- Go figure
- The new world
- Closing time
- When they speak of the war
- Epilogue: Cleaning house
- Isbn
- 9780312596859
- Label
- Just one catch : a biography of Joseph Heller
- Title
- Just one catch
- Title remainder
- a biography of Joseph Heller
- Statement of responsibility
- Tracy Daugherty
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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-Barre; 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Daugherty, Tracy
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3558.E476
- LC item number
- Z63 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Heller, Joseph
- Novelists, American
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- Label
- Just one catch : a biography of Joseph Heller, Tracy Daugherty
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [525]-529) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Yo-yo -- Part one: Good fellows. Domestic engagements -- A Coney Island of the mind -- Fear of filing -- A cold war -- "I don't love you any more" -- Part two: Happy Valley. Words in a box -- Naked -- Tea and sympathy -- Part three: Live forever. Caught inside -- 18 -- 22 -- Part four: What happened. The realist -- Bombs -- Where is World War II? -- The willies -- Part five: Die trying. Hard to swallow -- Go figure -- The new world -- Closing time -- When they speak of the war -- Epilogue: Cleaning house
- Control code
- 704383812
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 548 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780312596859
- Lccn
- 2011020749
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)704383812
- Label
- Just one catch : a biography of Joseph Heller, Tracy Daugherty
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [525]-529) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Yo-yo -- Part one: Good fellows. Domestic engagements -- A Coney Island of the mind -- Fear of filing -- A cold war -- "I don't love you any more" -- Part two: Happy Valley. Words in a box -- Naked -- Tea and sympathy -- Part three: Live forever. Caught inside -- 18 -- 22 -- Part four: What happened. The realist -- Bombs -- Where is World War II? -- The willies -- Part five: Die trying. Hard to swallow -- Go figure -- The new world -- Closing time -- When they speak of the war -- Epilogue: Cleaning house
- Control code
- 704383812
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 548 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780312596859
- Lccn
- 2011020749
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)704383812
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