
Catch as Catch Can
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In "Catch As Catch Can," editors Matthew J. Bruccoli and Park Bucker have for the first time collected the short stories Heller published prior to that first novel, along with all the other short pieces of fiction and nonfiction that were published during his lifetime. Also included are five previously unpublished short stories, most reflecting the influence on Heller of urban naturalist writers such as Irwin Shaw and Nelson Algren.
The result is an important and significant addition to our understanding and appreciation of Joseph Heller, showing his evolution as a writer and artist. For those unfamiliar with his work, it will serve as an excellent introduction; for everyone else, "Catch As Catch Can" is a chance to explore a new aspect of Heller's remarkable career.
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Foreword by Matthew J. Bruccoli and Park Bucker
Previously Published Stories
I Don't Love You Any More (1945)
Bookies, Beware! (1947)
Lot's Wife (1948)
Castle of Snow (1948)
Girl from Greenwich (1948)
A Man Named Flute (1948)
Nothing to Be Done (1948)
World Full of Great Cities (1955)
MacAdam's Log (1959)
Love, Dad (1969)
Yossarian Survives (1987)
Catch-23: Yossarian Lives (1990)
The Day Bush Left (1990)
Previously Unpublished Stories
To Laugh in the Morning
A Day in the Country
From Dawn to Dusk
The Death of the Dying Swan
The Sound of Asthma
Play
Clevinger's Trial (1973)
On Catch-22
Catch-22 Revisited (1967)
Joseph Heller Talks About Catch-22 (1972)
Reeling In Catch-22 (1977)
"I Am the Bombardier!" (1995)
Recollection
Coney Island: The Fun Is Over (1962)