{"product_id":"9780375700552","title":"Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of two of our most legendary novels, \u003cb\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSomething\u003cbr\u003eHappened\u003c\/b\u003e, comes a slyly funny, vastly revelatory memoir that is at once a loving evocation of a lost America and an exploration of the frontier where life turns into literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow and Then follows Joseph Heller from his fatherless childhood on the boardwalks of Depression-era Coney Island, where he grew up amid the rumble of the Cyclone and the tantalizing aroma of Mrs. Shatzkin's knishes. It offers a dizzying bombardier's-eye view of the sky over wartime Italy, where Heller encountered the characters and incidents he would later translate into Catch-22.\u003cbr\u003eIt depicts a writer coming to terms with both rejection and celebrity. Here, in short, is a life filled with incident and insight, recollected with  subversive humor, exquisite timing, and a fine appreciation for the absurd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020585058544,"sku":"9780375700552","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375700552_p0.jpg?v=1769913451","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375700552","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}