Yossarian Slept Here: When Joseph Heller Was Dad and Life Was a Catch-22
Author(s): Erica Heller
'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 squandered opportunities, lasting love and family.
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A fascinating, moving and witty memoir by Joseph Heller's daughter, about life with her famous father
"Charming."--"The Wall Street Journal"
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.
General Fields
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- : Vintage
- : Vintage
- : 0.284
- : 01 September 2011
- : 198mm X 129mm X 21mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 October 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Erica Heller
- : Paperback
- : 1211
- : 813.54
- : 288
- : Illustrations, facsims., ports.