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Book SynopsisFROM THE AUTHOR OF CATCH-22, SOON TO BE A TV SERIES ON CHANNEL 4
Joseph Heller's other masterpiece - a darkly comic, sometimes tragic satire that does for the American Dream what Catch-22 did for the madness of war
'Joseph Heller's finest achievement' Jonathan Coe
Bob Slocum was a promising executive. He had an attractive wife, three children, a nice house, and as many mistresses as he desired. His life was settled and ordered; he had conformed and society demanded he be happy - or at least pretend to be. But the pretence was becoming more and more difficult, as Slocum's discontent grew into an overwhelming sense of desolation, frustration and fear.
And then something happened. . .
'One of the most pleasurable, engrossing, and in retrospect moving American novels ever written… The most criminally overlooked great novel of the past half century is a book called Something Happened' LA Review of Books
Trade ReviewOne of the most pleasurable, engrossing, and in retrospect moving American novels ever written…
The most criminally overlooked great novel of the past half century is a book called Something Happened * LA Review of Books *
It is splendidly put together and hypnotic to read. It is as clear and hard-edged as a cut diamond. Mr. Heller's concentration and patience are so evident on every page that one can only say that "Something Happened" is at all points precisely what he hoped it would be -- Kurt Vonnegut
I used to think
Catch-22 was my best novel until I read Kurt Vonnegut's review of
Something Happened. Now I think
Something Happened is -- Joseph Heller
A supremely controlled and meticulous masterpiece, grounded in the horror of daily living -- John Self * Guardian *
