One of the great novels of the twentieth century -- a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it.
Joseph Heller was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a bombardier in the Second World War and then attended New York University and Columbia University and then Oxford, the last on a Fullbright scholarship. Joseph Heller is an honorary fellow of St. Catherine's College, Oxford, which he visits periodically to meet students who are writing fiction. He lives in East Hampton, New YorkAuthor Location: New York, USA
'Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny, and fantastically unique' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The greatest satirical work in the English language since EREHWON' OBSERVER 'An apocalyptic masterpiece' CHICAGO TIMES
'Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny, and fantastically unique' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The greatest satirical work in the English language since EREHWON' OBSERVER 'An apocalyptic masterpiece' CHICAGO TIMES
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