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'''Joseph Heller''' is the author of ''Catch-22'', published in 1961 and ranked #7 on Modern Library’s list the all-time greatest novels, ahead of even ''Grapes of Wrath'' and ''1984''.<ref>http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/</ref>
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'''Joseph Heller''' (1923-1999) wrote ''Catch-22'', a satirical novel published in 1961 and ranked #7 on Modern Library’s list the all-time greatest novels, ahead of even ''Grapes of Wrath'' and ''1984''.<ref>http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/</ref> Heller served as a bomber for the [[United States]] in [[World War II]] in combat in [[Europe]], which undoubtedly gave him rich experiences upon which to draw for the novel.
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Heller’s later novels were less successful:
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*Something Happened (1974)
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*Good as Gold (1979) (satire about [[Washington, D.C.]])
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*God Knows (1984) (portraying a modern [[King David]])
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*Closing Time (1994) (sequel to Catch-22)
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*Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man (2000) (published posthumously)
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*Catch As Catch Can: The Collected Stories and Other Writings (2003) (published posthumously)
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His autobiography was Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here (1998), named after his New York roots.
    
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