![]() While Catch 22 is universally loved by critics and readers alike, none of his other five novels received the same attention the long-awaited sequel, Closing Time, was itself caught in the Catch 22 of either plagiarising the early work or not achieving the same heights. Instead, it gives the impression that it was shouted on to paper"). It does not even seem to have been written. However, Heller never forgot the bad reviews he would wave the New York Magazine review at readings ("Catch 22 is not really a book. ![]() The Vietnam War brought Catch 22 to notice and it became that rare thing, a cult novel everyone's in on. ![]() Did you know?Ĭatch 22 began life as Catch 18, but Heller's publishers had already brought out a book with 18 in the title. ![]() He became a full-time writer after his second novel, Something Happened. Heller enlisted in the Air Force during the second world war and flew 60 missions as a bombardier later he was a creative-writing teacher and advertising copywriter. New York University (English literature) Columbia Fulbright Scholar at Oxford. ![]()
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