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Catch-22 was written by Joseph Heller. Similar in ways to Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-5 though! And the two were friends.
by gnatman 5y ago
Catch-22 was written by Joseph Heller. Similar in ways to Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-5 though! And the two were friends.
- hinkley 5y agoD'oh! Unintentional non sequitur. They do read very similar.
- sooheon 5y agoThey were also contemporaries: True story, Word of Honor: Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island. I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel to know that our host only yesterday may have made more money than your novel ‘Catch-22’ has earned in its entire history?” And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.” And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?” And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.” Not bad! Rest in peace! — Kurt Vonnegut