I liked the way that Heller’s stories tend to be quite simple ones, often little more than conversations between two characters, but you find yourself drawn to them. The best parts of the book, however, are those that involve his most famous book, the war satire Catch-22, including several “missing” chapters from the book, which are all written in the typical style of the book, which is often hilarious and completely absurd, but often tragic at the same time.
There were some fascinating chapters at the end about how the movie of Catch-22 got made, and the book’s inspiration, as well as Heller’s own childhood in Coney Island.
Next book: Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
