About this title: With his friend Speed Vogel as collaborator, Joseph Heller vividly describes his terrifying battle with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a debilitating (though rare) disease that affects the peripheral nervous system and can lead to paralysis, or even death.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399130861ISBN:0399130861
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 335 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399130861ISBN:0399130861
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. Ex-library. Nice hard cover, lightly read, acetate over dust jacket, library stamps & stickers, light yellowing to pages, stk #2557x8. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 335 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 1986-02-21
ISBN-13:9780399130861ISBN:0399130861
Description: Very Good. Price-clipped DJ Scuffed & Edgeworn. Light Shelfwear Overall. Slight Edgewear. Slight Edgespotting on top edge. No Marks. c20s04. read more
Binding: Paper back
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780380702671ISBN:0380702673
Description: Good. Heller's personal odyssey, describing with candor and humor the help of friends like Dustin Hoffman, Mario Puzo, and Mel Brooks in his ultimate triumph over Guillain-Barre syndrome. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399130861ISBN:0399130861
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. -----Serving the NW Chicago suburbs since 1975----- read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 1986-02-21
ISBN-13:9780399130861ISBN:0399130861
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. VG+/VG+, no tears or chips to the dust jacket, pages a bit agetoned else interior is clean, binding tight. read more
Description: Very Good. 0399130861 HCDJ * SHIPPING WITHIN 24 HOURS! ** QUESTIONS ANSWERED QUICKLY ** THANKS ** HARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUST JACKET. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399130861ISBN:0399130861
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399130861ISBN:0399130861
Description: A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780399130861ISBN:0399130861
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
"I love Joseph Heller, but the co-author of No Laughing Matter, Speed Vogel, is not a good writer. It seems this book was his idea and Heller just went along with it. The book felt like a list of stuff that happened after Heller was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. The reader gets a peek into Heller's private life, so it's fun to see famous characters pop in and out of the book. And, yes, Heller is heroic in his battle against his disease. But that alone can't make it a good book."
"Despite the title, the book is fairly entertaining. I found it very interesting to learn something about the personal life of my favorite author Heller. He is also a good friend of my other favorite author, Mario Puzo, about whom there are some interesting stories as well. Must read for a Heller fan."
"His journey with Guillain-Barre syndrome. A fascinating, disciplined, heartbreaking personal observation. After it totally paralyzed him, he ended up marrying his nurse!"
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