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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 (the sequel to Catch-22), and Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man. Heller died in December 1999.
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In a lot of ways, I completely agree with the opinions of those reviewers who loved "Something Happened". The characterization is quite good, Heller's dialogue is sharp, his descriptions are vivid, and the satire is perhaps profound. I will always appreciate F. Scott Fitzgerald's ability to describe and illuminate humanity, and Heller comes close in creating Bob Slocum, a man who opens himself up to us in what seems like a long journal.
With all of that said, though, I had a hard time working through the novel. It's simply too repetitive. The rhythm is tedious and slow. I don't think one needs graphic violence or action to make a plot exciting, but Heller goes to great lengths to make sure that nothing actually takes place in the present until the absolute very end of the book. Also, I found this work just too depressing. I, too, have lived a while, and struggle to understand just how pathetic Bob's existence really is.
For the prospective reader: do not pick this book up capriciously. You won't finish it. Prepare for 500+ pages of repetive recollections on a life poorly-lived.
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The thing is, nothing happens (until the last three pages of the book), but this is only because Heller's object with this book wasn't to make something HAPPEN (as weird as that may sound), it was to make believable characters. I have rarely met a character as honest and straightforward (with the reader and himself, not his entourage) as Bob Slocum. He isn't ashamed of saying that he is ashamed of his son because he can't be competitive, ashamed with his other son because he is mentally retarded, and confused/frustrated because of the way his daughter has chosen to live her teenage years.
He wants to help his son achieve well in sports, but doesn't want to embarrass him and doesn't want to force him into anything (he just sometimes wishes his son were different). He wants to understand his daughter, and not get into bickerings over useless topics and speculations and racial issues (yes, Bob is mildly racist, even though he doesn't always realize it). He wants to ignore is retarded son, or even get rid of him (he doesn't even consider Derek, the mentally retarded child, as his son. He is often caught saying "my son, my daughter and the other kid" or "the idiot"). This kind of honesty doesn't grow on trees.
He sleeps with his wife - and with other women, but seems to enjoy it less or not at all -, he fantasizes, et caetera. He is the most shockingly believable character I have ever read about.
I beg you to read this book; you won't be disappointed.
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I really loved this book. Really great and believable dialogue. The characters were amazingly right on, and that was probably the best thing about this book. Bob Slocum was so incredibly honest. He was never afraid to say anything he felt. He expressed everything that everyone wants to say about their stupid little lives. He hates his retarded son, I would too if I had one. He wants to kick his daughter sharply in the shin. If I had one like that, I would too. i did an anylization of this book for an english class, and my teacher called Bob a monster. I maintain that he is a human being. Who cares if he only exists on paper. He is the most realistic portrayl of a human being in a work of fiction anywhere. Also, many of the reviewers said Something Happened was mainly about corporate america. I saw it more as a satire of suburbia. But going way beyond American Beauty. Please do yourself a favor and buy this book and read it. I know it is long, but in the end (which is incredible. Believe me, you want to know what happened) you feel almost sick, which proves how powerful it really is.
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Starts off brilliant; turns horrible midway
Did Joseph Heller proofread his own stuff? There are so many useless -- and misused -- parentheticals in this novel that it is hard to stay focused. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. März 2000 veröffentlicht
600 page rant grows tiresome by the end
Anyone who's ever experienced corporate life will immediately be drawn into "Something Happened". Heller's account of the corporate culture is dead-on. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Januar 2000 von Manny
Catch-22 was modern madness, SH is modern malaise
Something Happened has to be one of the most underrated novels of the century. It is almost unbearably funny and sad. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. Januar 2000 von Peter Marcus
Could This Be You?
Heller's Slocum guides readers on an irresistable tour of acomplex life in the guise of the ordinary. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. Januar 2000 von Jan Gudell
What the hell happens?
I laughed a lot during the first act but that act was quickly worn out. Boredom set in as the first part of the story was told over and over again. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
To read as a prelude to suicide
Read this book when I was 16, about the age of Bob Slocum's daughter. Please - don't give this book to your children. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. Dezember 1999 von Gali
A massively under-rated novel.
Catch-22 was a land-mark novel, but I think 'Something Happened' was Heller's greatest piece of work. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Dezember 1999 von Mike Beale
Whoa mama ... bone-chilling stuff
true to life but outdated only on the office equipment.
Great, biting satire on the American dream. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. September 1999 veröffentlicht
A book that truly opens doors....
This book begins with Bob Slocum telling the reader that he fears closed doors. That the unkowny behind closed doors frightens him. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. August 1999 veröffentlicht
A Literary Tour de Force
This is the real deal! There are good writers, great writers and then there is Heller. Something Happened is the NOVEL OF THE CENTURY. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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