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Joseph Heller
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born
May 01, 1923
in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
died
December 12, 1999
gender
male
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Catch-22
   3.95 avg rating — 153,197 ratings
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published
1961
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2 editions
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Something Happened
 3.42 avg rating — 2,285 ratings
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1974
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28 editions
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Closing Time
2.91 avg rating — 1,775 ratings
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published
1994
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22 editions
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God Knows
3.70 avg rating — 1,146 ratings
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published
1984
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17 editions
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Good As Gold
3.18 avg rating — 959 ratings
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published
1976
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21 editions
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Picture This: A Novel
3.60 avg rating — 448 ratings
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published
1988
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9 editions
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Portrait Of An Artist, As An Old Man
3.17 avg rating — 519 ratings
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published
2010
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Catch As Catch Can: The Collected Stories and Other Writings
by Joseph Heller, Matthew J. Bruccoli , Matthew Joseph Bruccoli 3.54 avg rating — 205 ratings
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published
2011
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No Laughing Matter
by Joseph Heller, Speed Vogel 3.49 avg rating — 121 ratings
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published
1986
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Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here: A Memoir
3.50 avg rating — 90 ratings
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“Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.”
― Joseph Heller
― Joseph Heller
“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.
"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
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