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Yossarian Slept Here: When Joseph Heller was Dad and Life was a Catch-22
Erica Heller
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Description for Yossarian Slept Here: When Joseph Heller was Dad and Life was a Catch-22
Paperback. A memoir about growing up of the author - from her colourful family members and her parents' tumultuous marriage, to her father's celebrity friends and the family's eccentric neighbours. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
'You're Joseph Heller's daughter? How terrific!'
But was there a catch?
Like his most famous work, Joseph Heller was a study in contradictions: eccentric, brilliant and voracious, but also mercurial, competitive, and stubborn, with a love of mischief that sometimes cut too close to the bone. Yossarian Slept Here is a daughter's darkly funny, poignant memoir about growing up a Heller - from her colourful family members and her parents' tumultuous marriage, to her father's celebrity friends and the family's eccentric neighbours.
This is a story about achieving a dream, about fame and its aftermath, about ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099570080
SKU
V9780099570080
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-21
About Erica Heller
Erica Heller is the daughter of Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22. An advertising copywriter, novelist and creative consultant, her work has appeared in the New York Observer and on The Huffington Post. She lives in New York.
Reviews for Yossarian Slept Here: When Joseph Heller was Dad and Life was a Catch-22
A finely crafted, wonderfully observed reminiscence on an extraordinary, often traumatic life
Independent on Sunday
An affectionate, no-punches-pulled, often hilarious memoir
Herald
Both charming and combative
New York Times
As soon as I read the opening I was determined and eager to consume everything that followed, up to and including the Pot Roast
... Read more
Independent on Sunday
An affectionate, no-punches-pulled, often hilarious memoir
Herald
Both charming and combative
New York Times
As soon as I read the opening I was determined and eager to consume everything that followed, up to and including the Pot Roast
... Read more