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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100684839741
ISBN-139780684839745
eBay Product ID (ePID)699614
Product Key Features
Book TitleGood As Gold
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, General, Literary
Publication Year1997
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorJoseph Heller
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight16.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813/.5/4
SynopsisBruce Gold, a middle-aged, Jewish professor of English literature, finds himself on the brink of a golden career in politics -- and not a moment too soon, as Gold yearns for an opportunity to transform a less-than-picture-perfect life: His children think little of him, his intimidating father endlessly bullies him, and his wife is so oblivious that she doesn't even notice he's left her. As funny as it is sad,Good as Goldis a story of children grown up, parents grown old, and friends and lovers grown apart -- a story that is inimitably Heller., Bruce Gold, a middle-aged, Jewish professor of English literature, finds himself on the brink of a golden career in politics -- and not a moment too soon, as Gold yearns for an opportunity to transform a less-than-picture-perfect life: His children think little of him, his intimidating father endlessly bullies him, and his wife is so oblivious that she doesn't even notice he's left her. As funny as it is sad, Good as Gold is a story of children grown up, parents grown old, and friends and lovers grown apart -- a story that is inimitably Heller.