| Good as Gold Contributor(s): Heller, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684839741 ISBN-13: 9780684839745 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: Hailed as "one of the important books of our generation" by the "Chicago Sun-Times", this hilarious story of middle-aged English professor Dr. Bruce Gold and his encounter with White House politics takes readers into the heart of the Jewish experience in contemporary America. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.48" W x 8.41" (0.87 lbs) 448 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Heller, Joseph: - Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. In 1961, he published Catch-22, which became a bestseller and, in 1970, a film. He went on to write such novels as Good as Gold, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time, and Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man. Heller died in 1999. |