Good As Gold

Good as Gold is a 1979 novel by Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22.

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Bruce Gold, a middle-aged English university professor living in Manhattan, is offered the chance for success, fame and fortune in Washinton D.C. But, he must face the consequences of this like divorcing his wife, alienating with his family and . Furthermore, he's faced with the task of writing about the Jewish experience in America, but isn't sure he's lived it and thus has to figure out what it is.

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It's well regarded by fans and critics alike, viewed as a return to the gag and verbal play that Heller established in Catch-22 and abandoned in the name of the scathing sarcasme and the darker story in Something Happened. It's much brighter story than his previous one with a somewhat more happy ending for the protagonist, whether the predecessor is about the loss of optimism and hope. Having disposed in this way of the army in Catch-22 and the corporation in Something Happened, Heller in Good as Gold now took on the American government in similar terms.

Related Topics:
Catch-22 - Something Happened

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