- Fiction in English, Businesspeople, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Bob Slocum, an average, middle-aged man with a good job, slowly becomes more and more unhappy with the routine of his life.
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Spare, contemplative, character-led and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Joseph Heller
- First published
- 1966
- Pages
- 569
- Publisher
- Books on Tape, Scribner Paperback Fiction, Vantage
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780345288561
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First sentence
“I get the willies when I see closed doors.”
About Joseph Heller · 1923–1999
An American satirical novelist, short story writer and playwright.
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