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Something Happened

Paperback • 1984 • English

Something Happened

By Joseph Heller

1 Ratings • 3.0 of 5

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About the book

Bob Slocum was living the American dream. He had a beautiful wife, three lovely children, a nice house...and all the mistresses he desired. He had it all -- all, that is, but happiness. Slocum was discontent. Inevitably, inexorably, his discontent deteriorated into desolation until...something happened. Something Happened is Joseph Heller's wonderfully inventive and controversial second novel satirizing business life and American culture. The story is told as if the reader was overhearing the pa...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Classic fiction: general and literary
Dystopian and utopian fiction

Book details

ISBN

9780552102209

Published year

1984

Language

English

Original title

Something Happened

Format

Paperback

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Paperback · 1975

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