Closing Time
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2016
464 pages
978-1-4711-4790-6 (ISBN)
Description
Joseph Heller returns to the characters of Catch-22, now coming to the end of their lives and the century, as is the entire generation that fought in World War II. But this time they are fighting not the Germans, but The End.
Closing Time deftly satirizes the realities and the myths of America post WWII: the absurdity of their politics, the decline of their society and their great cities, the greed and hypocrisy of their business and culture - with the same ferocious humour as Catch-22.
This novel is a stunning achievement; a chilling, darkly funny depiction of the moral collapse of the Western world.
Closing Time deftly satirizes the realities and the myths of America post WWII: the absurdity of their politics, the decline of their society and their great cities, the greed and hypocrisy of their business and culture - with the same ferocious humour as Catch-22.
This novel is a stunning achievement; a chilling, darkly funny depiction of the moral collapse of the Western world.
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Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. He began his career with short stories but won immediate acclaim with CATCH-22 in 1961. He went on to write SOMETHING HAPPENED, GOOD AS GOLD, GOD KNOWS, PICTURE THIS, CLOSING TIME (the sequel to CATCH-22) and PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN. Heller died in December 1999.
Content
- Cover
- About the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Book One
- 1: Sammy
- 2: The Little Prick
- 3: Mr. Yossarian
- Book Two
- 4: Lew
- 5: John
- 6: Milo
- Book Three
- 7: ACACAMMA
- 8: Time
- 9: PABT
- 10: George G. Tilyou
- Book Four
- 11: Lew
- 12: Noodles Cook
- Book Five
- 13: Tritium
- 14: Michael Yossarian
- 15: M2
- 16: Gaffney
- Book Six
- 17: Sammy
- 18: Dante
- 19: MASSPOB
- Book Seven
- 20: Chaplain
- 21: Lew
- Book Eight
- 22: Rhine Journey: Melissa
- 23: Kenosha
- 24: Apocalypse
- 25: Washington
- 26: Yossarian
- Book Nine
- 27: PABT
- 28: Hospital
- 29: Mr. Tilyou
- Book Ten
- 30: SAMMY
- 31: Claire
- Book Eleven
- 32: Wedding
- Book Twelve
- 33: Entr'acte
- Book Thirteen
- 34: Finale
- Acknowledgments
