Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780394529196ISBN:0394529197
Description: Very Good in Poor jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book Club Edition (BOMC). The book is in very good shape with what looks like light foxing on the top and side edges. The dust jacket is very worn with tears and creases along the edges and corners and about a 1 square inch piece missing at the bottom near spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780394529196ISBN:0394529197
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The book is solid with bright, unmarked pages. The front hinge is loose. There are library markings on the inside of the front boardthe first end paper, the title page and the top edge of the pages. The page edges are soiled. The boards and spine have moderate shelf & edge wear. read more
Description: Good. Spine has some creases. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade B reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Edition: First Trade Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780394529196ISBN:0394529197
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 0394529197 1st trade edition; 353 pages; some edge wear, light scuffing to jacket, bit of soiling to page ends; Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David--yes, King David--but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of Israel, husband of Bathsheba, and father of Solomon; now meet David as he really was: the cocky Jewish kid, the plagiarized poet, and the Jewish father. ... read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Pub Co
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780440131854ISBN:0440131855
Description: Good. No Jacket. Corners/Edges Shelf Worn, Sm. Tear On Spine Corner, Front Cover Lightly Creased, Sm. Chip Front Cover Corner, Interior Unmarked, Good Copy. read more
"Laugh-out-loud at times, this irreverent take on the life of David is thought-provoking, distinctive, and, unfortunately, fairly tedious. Heller employs the same storytelling technique he used in Catch-22, introducing stories and referencing them several times before actually laying them out in full. I thought this approach was quite effective in Catch-22, a good example of technique enforcing theme. Here, however, the repetition as you get closer and closer to the whole story is tiresome. I think a good editor could easily cut 100 pages out of this book.
This book has heart, and I'm glad I read it, but I don't think I would recommend it."
"The voice was great, and it was indeed funny, but toward the middle I started getting tired of the circling narrative. It didn't feel like there was any plot or direction. By the end I got back into it because the plot showed itself again. Maybe if I read it a second time knowing the direction I would be able to appreciate the voice even more."
"I read this when it first came out and loved it. It's full of his usual, crazy mixed up characters and situations that seem impossibly real. Every time something goes wrong and the ending is unbelievable, the main character says,"Go figure."
It's kind of become an anthem I've used to cope with paradoxes, especially the ones that are hopelessly irreversible."
"Great for theology nerds and those who enjoy Heller's classically disjointed style. However it's so unstructured that it makes you a bit crazy by the end."
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