Joseph L Heller (41 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Bob Slocum was living the American dream. He had a beautiful wife, three lovely children, a nice house.and all the mistresses he desired. He had it all -- all, that is, but happiness. Slocum was discontent. Inevitably, inexorably, his discontent deteriorated into desolation until.something happened. Something Happened is Joseph Heller's wonderfully inventive and controversial second novel satirizing business life and American culture. The story is told as if the reader was overhearing the patter of Bob Slocum's brain -- recording what is going on at the office, as well as his fantasies and memories that complete the story of his life. The result is a novel as original and memorable as his Catch-22.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. An uproarious and frank memoir of illness and recovery, No Laughing Matter is a story of friendship and recuperation from the author of the classic Catch-22. It all began one typical day in the life of Joe Heller. He was jogging four miles at a clip these days, working on his novel God Knows, coping with the complications of an unpleasant divorce, and pigging out once or twice a week on Chinese food with cronies like Mel Brooks, Mario Puzo, and his buddy of more than twenty years, Speed Vogel. He was feeling perfectly fine that day--but within twenty-four hours he would be in intensive care at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital. He would remain hospitalized for nearly six months and leave in a wheelchair. Joseph Heller had Guillain-Barr syndrome, a debilitating, sometimes fatal condition that can leave its victims paralyzed from head to toe. The clan gathered immediately. Speed--sometime artist, sometime businessman, sometime herring taster, and now a coauthor--moved into Joe's apartment as messenger, servant, and shaman. Mel Brooks, arch-hypochondriac of the Western world, knew as much about Heller's condition as the doctors. Mario Puzo, author of the preeminent gangster novel of our time, proved to be the most reluctant man ever to be dragged along on a hospital visit. These and lots of others rallied around the sickbed in a show of loyalty and friendship that not only built a wild and spirited camaraderie but helped bring Joe Heller, writer and buddy extraordinaire, through his greatest crisis. This book is an inspiring, hilarious memoir of a calamitous illness and the rocky road to recuperation--as only the author of Catch-22 and the friend who helped him back to health could tell it. No Laughing Matter is as wacky, terrifying, and greathearted as any fiction Joseph Heller ever wrote.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Picture this: Rembrandt is creating his famous painting of Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer. As soon as he paints an ear on Aristotle, Aristotle can hear. When he paints an eye, Aristotle can see. And what Aristotle sees and hears and remembers from the ancient past to this very moment provides the foundation for this lighthearted, freewheeling jaunt through 2,500 years of Western Civilization. Picture This is an incisive fantasy that digs deeply into our illusions and customs. Nobody but Joseph Heller could have thought of a novel like this one. Nobody but Heller could have executed it so brilliantly.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. An uproarious and frank memoir of illness and recovery, No Laughing Matter is a story of friendship and recuperation from the author of the classic Catch-22. It all began one typical day in the life of Joe Heller. He was jogging four miles at a clip these days, working on his novel God Knows, coping with the complications of an unpleasant divorce, and pigging out once or twice a week on Chinese food with cronies like Mel Brooks, Mario Puzo, and his buddy of more than twenty years, Speed Vogel. He was feeling perfectly fine that day--but within twenty-four hours he would be in intensive care at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital. He would remain hospitalized for nearly six months and leave in a wheelchair. Joseph Heller had Guillain-Barr syndrome, a debilitating, sometimes fatal condition that can leave its victims paralyzed from head to toe. The clan gathered immediately. Speed--sometime artist, sometime businessman, sometime herring taster, and now a coauthor--moved into Joe's apartment as messenger, servant, and shaman. Mel Brooks, arch-hypochondriac of the Western world, knew as much about Heller's condition as the doctors. Mario Puzo, author of the preeminent gangster novel of our time, proved to be the most reluctant man ever to be dragged along on a hospital visit. These and lots of others rallied around the sickbed in a show of loyalty and friendship that not only built a wild and spirited camaraderie but helped bring Joe Heller, writer and buddy extraordinaire, through his greatest crisis. This book is an inspiring, hilarious memoir of a calamitous illness and the rocky road to recuperation--as only the author of Catch-22 and the friend who helped him back to health could tell it. No Laughing Matter is as wacky, terrifying, and greathearted as any fiction Joseph Heller ever wrote.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass-market paperback. Condition: Very good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. PB 190.

Condition: Fair. Bruce Gold, a middle-aged, Jewish professor of English literature, finds himself on the brink of a golden career in politics -- and not a moment too soon, as Gold yearns for an opportunity to transform a less-than-picture-perfect life: His children think.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Used - Good. Worn copy, clean and intact. May have wear or markings that do not obscure the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Hard cover. Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 569 p. Audience: General/trade. book is clean and tight jacket has some light wear.1 st Edition, not price clipped no markings or names.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Remainder line to bottom edge, else tight and clean. DJ shows light chipping, light rubbing, wrinkle to flap.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight, clean. DJ shows light rubbing/scratches.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright; WHITE TITLES TO GLOSSY DEEP PURPLE PAPER COVERS. SHOWING LONG NECKED WINGED BEAT, LIZARD TAIL COVER ART. ; 372 pages; .a Victorian sensation novel. completely mastered the technique of creating an atmosphere of unrelieved suspense and terror as Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Illustrated by HELLER, GLEN S. RED COVER PHOTO (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Jacket with Mylar.

Hardback. Condition: Used: Very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDMiscellaneous ItemsVery good. Little crease. Clean pages.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Picture this: Rembrandt is creating his famous painting of Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer. As soon as he paints an ear on Aristotle, Aristotle can hear. When he paints an eye, Aristotle can see. And what Aristotle sees and hears and remembers from the ancient past to this very moment provides the foundation for this lighthearted, freewheeling jaunt through 2,500 years of Western Civilization. "Picture This" is an incisive fantasy that digs deeply into our illusions and customs. Nobody but Joseph Heller could have thought of a novel like this one. Nobody but Heller could have executed it so brilliantly. "Heller once again comments on all of society and history with this whirlwind tour through the minds of Aristotle and Rembrandt. . . . History as told by Heller is so comic and heartbreaking that you wonder why anyone would want to live there."—"San Francisco Chronicle." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated First Trade Edition. Signed by author on the half-title page. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in., 259pp. Near Fine copy with light shelfwear, dust jacket covers clean with light wear, no tears. Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. Signed By Author.…

Condition: good, very good. First Edition. First Printing. 335, some page discoloration, minor wear and soiling to DJ. The bestselling author of Catch-22 teams up with Speed Vogel, his best friend, to describe his battle with and triumph over Gullain-Barre syndrome, a paralyzing disease of the nervous system.…

Condition: Good. Conjured back to life by Rembrandt's famous "Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer," Aristotle surveys history and profiles historical personalities, ultimately concluding that not much as changed in 2,500 years; Aardige Ballantine pocket met rechte rug, 1989. Vlekje op onderkant boekblok.…

Revue hebdomadaire, Editions Floréal, numéro 44, 4 Novembre 1922, format 22x29cm, illustrations photographiques et dessins in texte, bon état. Sommaire : La jeunesse par Joseph Paul-Boncour, L'Indigénat en Afrique par Maximilienne Heller, L'Actualité Politique par G. Couté, Une Nuit sous bois par Roland Dorgeles, " Je n'ai pas voulu cela " dit M. Bérard par L. Roussel, Un Discours inédit de Jean Jaurès ( discours prononcé à Carmaux en 1885, bien avant sa candidature à la députation), Le Jour des Morts par Louis Guilloux, Pour nos morts par Allain, Les " fruits Défendus " à l'Odéon par Pierre Guitet-Vauquelin, etc.…

Condition: New. 2013. paperback. . . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. Out of print. In Mylar dust jacket protector. Binding is cloth.

Condition: New. 2013. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Contains Cantata 140 by Dick, The Second Philadelphia Experiment by Young, Balloon Astronomy by Thomas, The Scientist and the Monster by Wilson, The Happy Place by Lamb, reviews by Davidson, The End of the Wine by Lewis, The Salvation of Faust by Zelazny, All-Hallows by Drake, science by Asimov, The Struldbrugg Reaction by Sutherland, The Girl with the 100 Proof Eyes by Webb and We Serve the Star of Freedom by Beauclerk. Light browning and edge rubbing to the covers with a small dent to the front cover which also affects the first few pages. Page edges browned. Browning to the insides of the covers. Pages browned but otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Emsh. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Emshwiller, Ed (Emsh) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.02 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Picture this: Rembrandt is creating his famous painting of Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer. As soon as he paints an ear on Aristotle, Aristotle can hear. When he paints an eye, Aristotle can see. And what Aristotle sees and hears and remembers from the ancient past to this very moment provides the foundation for this lighthearted, freewheeling jaunt through 2,500 years of Western Civilization. "Picture This" is an incisive fantasy that digs deeply into our illusions and customs. Nobody but Joseph Heller could have thought of a novel like this one. Nobody but Heller could have executed it so brilliantly. "Heller once again comments on all of society and history with this whirlwind tour through the minds of Aristotle and Rembrandt. . . . History as told by Heller is so comic and heartbreaking that you wonder why anyone would want to live there."—"San Francisco Chronicle." Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…