NP Re: Joseph Heller

Henry Musikar gravity at nicom.com
Thu May 1 18:01:06 CDT 1997


I loved it when I read I first read it. It's "brash humor," as some 
blurb must have put it, and the cynical (actually romantic) take on 
life probably "changed my life." Doesn't make it any better a piece 
of work than the girl that I was dating at the time. Ya see, she wore 
these furry sweaters...

On  1 May 97 at 14:42, Sean Klein wrote:

> 
> > 
> > I'd be much surprised if anybody remembers much of C-22 other than a 
> > basic plot summary and some of the names and quirks of the cast. When 
> > I picture the characters, it's the movie that I remember, as I don't 
> > recall much in the way of memorable description in the book.
> 
> I remember lots of C-22 and I last read it over ten years ago.  C-22 is special for me though - it was the first book I read in high school (more than ten years ago) and was taught by a teacher who t> 
> 

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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