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Genre/Form: | War fiction Fiction War stories |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph Heller |
ISBN: | 0671128051 9780671128050 9781451626650 1451626657 0684833395 9780684833392 9780684865133 0684865130 9781451621174 1451621175 0671502336 9780671502331 |
OCLC Number: | 271160 |
Notes: | Sequel: Closing time. |
Awards: | Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 21 2003 Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 |
Description: | 443 pages 22 cm |
Contents: | Texan -- Clevinger -- Havermeyer -- Doc Daneeka -- Chief White Halfoat -- Hungry Joe -- McWatt -- Lieutenant Scheisskopf -- Major Major Major Major -- Wintergreen -- Captain Black -- Bologna -- Major-de Coverley -- Kid Sampson -- Piltchard & Wren -- Luciana -- Soldier in white -- Soldier who saw everything twice -- Colonel Cathcart -- Corporal Whitcomb -- General Dreedle -- Milo the mayor -- Nately's old man -- Milo -- Chaplain -- Aarfy -- Nurse Duckett. |
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Robert Brustein "The New Republic" One of the most bitterly funny works in the language...explosive, bitter, subversive, brilliant. "Chicago Sun-Times"An apocalyptic masterpiece. Robert Brustein"The New Republic"One of the most bitterly funny works in the language...explosive, bitter, subversive, brilliant. John W. Aldridge"The New York Times Book Review"A monumental artifact of contemporary literature, almost as assured of longevity as the statues on Easter Island. John W. Aldridge"The New York Times Book Review"A monumental artifact of contemporary literature, almost as assured of longevity as the statues on Easter Island. Robert Brustein"The New Republic"One of the most bitterly funny works in the language...explosive, bitter, subversive, brilliant. "Chicago Sun-Times"An apocalyptic masterpiece. Read more...


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