{"product_id":"now-and-then-from-coney-island-to-here-paperback","title":"Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph L. Heller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of two of our most legendary novels, \u003cb\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSomething\u003cbr\u003eHappened\u003c\/b\u003e, comes a slyly funny, vastly revelatory memoir that is at once a loving\u003cbr\u003eevocation of a lost America and an exploration of the frontier where life turns\u003cbr\u003einto literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow and Then follows Joseph Heller from his fatherless childhood on the\u003cbr\u003eboardwalks of Depression-era Coney Island, where he grew up amid the rumble of\u003cbr\u003ethe Cyclone and the tantalizing aroma of Mrs. Shatzkin's knishes. It offers a\u003cbr\u003edizzying bombardier's-eye view of the sky over wartime Italy, where Heller\u003cbr\u003eencountered the characters and incidents he would later translate into Catch-22.\u003cbr\u003eIt depicts a writer coming to terms with both rejection and celebrity. Here, in\u003cbr\u003eshort, is a life filled with incident and insight, recollected with subversive\u003cbr\u003ehumor, exquisite timing, and a fine appreciation for the absurd.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of two of our most legendary novels, Catch-22 and Something\u003cbr\u003eHappened, comes a slyly funny, vastly revelatory memoir that is at once a loving\u003cbr\u003eevocation of a lost America and an exploration of the frontier where life turns\u003cbr\u003einto literature. \u003cbr\u003eNow and Then follows Joseph Heller from his fatherless childhood on the\u003cbr\u003eboardwalks of Depression-era Coney Island, where he grew up amid the rumble of\u003cbr\u003ethe Cyclone and the tantalizing aroma of Mrs. Shatzkin's knishes. It offers a\u003cbr\u003edizzying bombardier's-eye view of the sky over wartime Italy, where Heller\u003cbr\u003eencountered the characters and incidents he would later translate into Catch-22.\u003cbr\u003eIt depicts a writer coming to terms with both rejection and celebrity. Here, in\u003cbr\u003eshort, is a life filled with incident and insight, recollected with subversive\u003cbr\u003ehumor, exquisite timing, and a fine appreciation for the absurd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe demented Army Air Force of Catch-22, the lethal business world of Something Happened, the dysfunctional family of Good as Gold - all these, we have assumed, had their roots in Joseph Heller's own past. Now, more than thirty-five years after the explosion of Catch-22 into the world's consciousness, Heller gives us his life. Here is his Coney Island childhood, down the block from the world's most famous amusement park. It was the height of the Depression, it was a fatherless family, yet little Joey Heller had a terrific time - on the boardwalk, in the ocean (dangerously out of his depth), playing follow-the-leader in and out of local bars, even in school. Then a series of jobs, from delivering telegrams (on his first bike) to working in a navy yard - until Pearl Harbor, the air force, Italy. And after the war, college (undreamed-of before the G.I. Bill), teaching, Madison Avenue, marriage, and - always - writing. And finally the spectacular success of Catch-22, launching one of the great literary careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Heller lives in East Hampton, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444370829619,"sku":"9780375700552","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/d1lWUHRUSDlHRGpwVE02djNJT2tXdz09.webp?v=1758938255","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/now-and-then-from-coney-island-to-here-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}