Author: Joseph Heller
Title: Something Happened; Good As Gold; God Knows
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1974-1984. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of three first UK edition novels from author of 'Catch-22' Joseph Heller, with the bright unclipped dust wrappers. The first UK editions of these works. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Joseph Heller was an American author of novels, short stories, plays and screenplays, best-known for his 1961 novel 'Catch-22', a satire on war and bureaucracy. This set comprises the three novels that followed this work:'Something Happened' (1974) - Published thirteen years after 'Catch-22', this novel follows protagonist Bob Slocum, a businessman whose stream of consciousness we follow, with narratives concerning his job, his family, childhood and sexual escapades. 'Good as Gold' (1979) - An unhappily married middle-aged English professor is offered a job as the first-ever Jewish Secretary of State after favourably reviewing a book by the U.S. president. 'God Knows' (1984) - This tragicomedic novel is narrated by the Biblical King David of Israel, recounting his life in a fractured fashion. Some argue that this work can be read as Heller's own exploration of his mortality, and an exploration of the Jewish view of family, life, death, etc.  In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrappers are very, with minor edge wear. Creases to the wrap of 'God Knows&apos. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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