- Fiction, Jewish men, Jews, Fiction in English
Gold accepts a government post in Washington, considers leaving his wife, and all the while he is also searching for material to write his book on the Jewish experience in America, without realizing he is going through that experience.
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Cool, contemporary, prestige and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Joseph Heller
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 447
- Publisher
- Books on Tape, Black Swan, Franklin Library
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780552995382
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“GOLD had been asked many times to write about the Jewish experience in America.”
An American satirical novelist, short story writer and playwright.
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