false 10712 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg 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.

]]> 10712 7 260962 1988 Picture This : A Novel total:219|5:49|4:65|3:75|2:17|1:13| 219 777 329 20 3167 3.95 46427 3566 13596682 828264 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.60 209 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.

]]> 1988 4 1 false Fri Jan 25 23:22:42 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 11 09:32:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2551583 29280 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 4 1 false Fri Jun 29 19:50:08 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:10:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 38103991 1730967 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 3 0 false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 20:28:33 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 09:59:47 -0800 2008 However the jacket was wrong and the story was split into three parts one about Athens, Aristotle, Pl...more...]]> 10244262 662639 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Mon Dec 10 18:21:52 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 18:22:27 -0800 2007 42200560 1866584 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 5 0 false Wed Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Wed Jan 07 05:26:43 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 05:29:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 57898948 798334 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 3 0 false Sat May 30 18:38:47 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 18:41:08 -0700 2009 Good as Gold, and you like the idea of hearing from Aristotle on history and such, you'll like this book, because it trots out the same sort of rickety framework for what -- in Kurt Vonnegut's hands -- would probably have turned out to be a book of essays that, freed from the need to be...more...]]> 29246420 236367 1456753 0345358864 9780345358868 1 <![CDATA[Picture This]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1456753.Picture_This 2.50 2 A keenly satirical look at the world of art and museums by the author of the modern classic, Catch-22.]]> 1988 3 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 15:20:44 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 14:37:31 -0700 2008 Picture This. Parts of it were truly engaging. However, much of the narrative followed history in a nearly "history book" kind of way with the choice of what to include and how to include it making it more interesting. Those sections could be very s...more...]]> 40913414 1058934 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 4 0 false Thu Dec 25 22:08:46 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 22:10:35 -0800 2008 80601539 3022112 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 4 0 false Thu Dec 10 17:40:07 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 17:43:19 -0800 2009 27432852 1335462 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 5 0 false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Jul 16 11:52:27 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 12:02:53 -0700 2008
Wow.

So reads the first sentence of Joseph Heller's Picture This. Throug...more...]]> 23019049 1188749 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 4 0 false Mon May 26 20:06:04 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 20:23:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 46028974 1821643 1605464 0399133550 9780399133558 1 <![CDATA[Picture This]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1605464.Picture_This 2.40 5 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.

]]> 1988 1 0 false Tue Feb 17 08:39:17 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 08:22:18 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:39:17 -0800 2009 2712429 127030 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 5 0 false Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Jul 04 11:52:17 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:37:41 -0800 2009 Catch-22?)

Picture This is Heller's meditation on art, history, commerce, democracy, and the myths embedded in all four. He paints Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Rembrandt the same way he does Yossarian, Slocum, Gol...more...]]> 26520021 1246102 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 1 0 false Mon Jul 07 07:31:36 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 07:41:39 -0700 2008
If you're a fan of art, you may like it better than I did. There's nothing particularly offensive about it (or I would have put it in my "thrown with great force" list), it just didn...more...]]> 29643960 1409651 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 0 0 false Fri Aug 08 15:30:59 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 15:33:38 -0700 2008 13728290 748692 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jan 27 12:12:07 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 12:12:07 -0800 2008 36025930 1649428 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 1 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Oct 23 09:52:03 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 09:52:03 -0700 2008 11846444 750711 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 1 0 false Sun Jan 06 21:20:30 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 22:25:21 -0800 2008 12290257 682429 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 5 0 false Fri Jan 11 17:57:30 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 17:58:33 -0800 2008 19846680 727418 10712 0684868199 9780684868196 18 <![CDATA[Picture This : A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000m/10712.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166289000s/10712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10712.Picture_This_A_Novel 3.55 219 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.

]]> 1988 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Apr 09 22:25:18 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 04 18:11:06 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10712