Not many writers introduce a phrase - let alone a whole idea - into the language. In CATCH-22, Joseph Heller invented a motif for the modern world. For that book alone he is one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. But where did the author who was able to create that novel come from? And what happened to those remarkable characters?
CATCH AS CATCH CAN for the first time collects early works, previously unpublished stories and lost chapters of CATCH-22 to chart the development of a genius. It also explores the consequences in the later stories of the unforgettable Yossarian, and Heller's non-fiction pieces, in which the author reflects upon his childhood in Coney Island and the novel which shaped everything that was written after it.
- ISBN10 1849836507
- ISBN13 9781849836500
- Publish Date 7 July 2011 (first published 17 March 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format eBook
- Pages 352
- Language English