Just one catch: a biography of Joseph Heller

Prologue: Yo-yo

Part one: Good fellows. Domestic engagements

A Coney Island of the mind

Fear of filing

A cold war

"I don't love you any more"

Part two: Happy Valley. Words in a box

Naked

Tea and sympathy

Part three: Live forever. Caught inside

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Part four: What happened. The realist

Bombs

Where is World War II?

The willies

Part five: Die trying. Hard to swallow

Go figure

The new world

Closing time

When they speak of the war

Epilogue: Cleaning house.