Yossarian Slept Here

When Joseph Heller Was Dad and Life Was a Catch-22

By: Erica Heller

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Paperback | 6 October 2011 | Edition Number 1

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Like his most famous work, Joseph Heller was a study in contradictions: eccentric, brilliant and voracious, but also mercurial, competitive, and stubborn, with a love of mischief that sometimes cut too close to the bone.

Yossarian Slept Here is a daughter’s darkly funny, poignant memoir about growing up Heller – from her colourful family members and her parents’ tumultuous marriage, to her father’s celebrity friends and the family’s eccentric neighbours (Mel Brooks was a close confidante, Sidney Poitier shared the elevator). This is a story about achieving a dream, about fame and its aftermath, about squandered opportunities, lasting love and family.

About the Author

Erica Heller is the daughter of Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22. An advertising copywriter, novelist and creative consultant, her work has appeared in the New York Observer and on The Huffington Post. She lives in New York.

Industry Reviews

"A finely crafted, wonderfully observed reminiscence on an extraordinary, often traumatic life" Independent on Sunday "An affectionate, no-punches-pulled, often hilarious memoir" Herald "Both charming and combative" New York Times "As soon as I read the opening I was determined and eager to consume everything that followed, up to and including the Pot Roast" Christopher Hitchens, author of Hitch-22 "Heller's domestic side is evoked with painful detail by his daughter, Erica, in her well written, occasionally harrowing memoir, Yossarian Slept Here" Sunday Times

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