{"product_id":"now-and-then-joseph-heller-9780375700552","title":"Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here","description":"From 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Heller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375700552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375700552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Joseph Heller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992965480703,"sku":"9780375700552","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_204e8684-3fca-4496-b778-b877a80c3d3c.jpg?v=1683321783","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/now-and-then-joseph-heller-9780375700552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}