{"product_id":"9781570038402","title":"Understanding Joseph Heller","description":"To add a significant phrase to our language is no easy feat, but that is precisely what Joseph Heller (1923-1999) did with \"catch-22,\" the principle of absurdist logic and bureaucratic foul-up that energized his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eCatch-22,\u003c\/i\u003e in 1961. In this revised edition of\u003ci\u003e Understanding Joseph Heller,\u003c\/i\u003e Sanford Pinsker explores the idiosyncratic vision that permeates Heller's complete body of work, as he maps the dark terrain Heller carved out, novel by novel, with considerable verbal dazzle and the uncompromising outrage of the classical satirist. \u003cp\u003eThis updated edition includes new chapters on \u003ci\u003eClosing Time,\u003c\/i\u003e the sequel to \u003ci\u003eCatch-22;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNow and Then, Heller's memoir of growing up in Brooklyn; Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man,\u003c\/i\u003e his posthumously published novel; and \u003ci\u003eCatch as Catch Can,\u003c\/i\u003e a collection of assorted short stories and sketches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055527870704,"sku":"9781570038402","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781570038402_p0.jpg?v=1763793230","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781570038402","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}