1974 JOSEPH HELLER-SOMETHING HAPPENED-SIGNED

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1974 JOSEPH HELLER-SOMETHING HAPPENED-SIGNED

HELLER, Joseph

\"SOMETHING HAPPENED\"

Signed by: JOSEPH HELLER

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New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1974. Octavo. 569 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. Bound in black cloth with gilt title on spine. Internally and externally clean. In Near Fine condition. Includes original dustjacket in Very Good condition with minor wear, bending and wrinkling, now protected by a Mylar dustjacket cover.

Something Happened is Joseph Heller\'s second novel (published in 1974, thirteen years after Catch-22). Its main character and narrator is Bob Slocum, a business man who engages in a stream of consciousness narrative about his job, his family, his childhood, his sexual escapades, and his own psyche.

While there is an ongoing plot about Slocum preparing for a promotion at work, most of the book focuses on detailing various events from his life, ranging from early childhood to his predictions for the future, often in non-chronological order and with little if anything to connect one anecdote to the next. Near the end of the book, Slocum starts worrying about the state of his own sanity as he finds himself hallucinating or remembering events incorrectly, suggesting that some or all of the novel might be the product of his imagination, making him an unreliable narrator.

Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 - December 12, 1999) was an American satirical novelist, short story writer and playwright. He wrote the influential novel Catch-22 about American servicemen during World War II. The title of this work entered the English lexicon to refer to absurd, no-win choices, particularly in situations in which the desired outcome of the choice is an impossibility, and regardless of choice, the same negative outcome is a certainty. Heller is widely regarded as one of the best post-World War II satirists. Although he is remembered primarily for Catch-22, his other works center on the lives of various members of the middle class and remain exemplars of modern satire.

Provenance:

This item is from the estate of Allan Manings (1924 - 2010) and Whitney Blake Manings (1926 - 2002) whose library we recently acquired en masse. Allan was a comedy writer and producer for some 5 decades who created or wrote for programs such as One Day At A Time, Good Times, Leave It To Beaver, Petticoat Junction & McHale\'s Navy.

Allan received an Emmy for his work on the late 60\'s hit Laugh In. Whitney was also active in entertainment starting in the 1950\'s and 60\'s appearing in such popular shows as Hazel, Batman, Andy Griffith, Bonanza and many others. She later assisted Allan in co-creating One Day at A Time. Whitney is also the mother of actress Meredith Baxter.

As one might assume, the Manings were well known and influential members of the Hollywood professional community and as such were able to meet and have inscribed first edition titles for their collection. They were also enthusiastic art collectors and we have a good selection of art reference works they accumulated over the years.

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