Closing Time
by Joseph Heller
Taste attributes: comedydramawarfresh & originalunsavouryrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringsocial commentarytroubled leadsself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeAn original, grounded comic novel: moving and morally murky. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.0 / 5
6 ratings
About This Book
In a novel as darkly comic and audaciously ambitious as was Catch-22, Joseph Heller has dared to write the sequel to his American classic, using many of Catch-22's characters, now older if not wiser, to deftly satirize the realities and the myths of America in the half century since they fought World War II.
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- Author
- Joseph Heller
- Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 464
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- Open Library
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