Episode 161: Novelist Spotlight #161: Remembering “Catch-22,” the landmark Joseph Heller novel

Novelist Spotlight

In the spotlight is the late novelist Joseph Heller of Catch-22 fame, and one of his biographers, Tracy Daughtery, who is himself the author of six novels, a novella connection, six short story collections, a book of personal essays, and a collection of essays on literature and writing. In addition, he has published biographies of Donald Barthelme, Larry McMurtry, Joan Didion, Billy Lee Brammer, etc.

We discuss:

>> Catch-22’s original title

>> Heller’s celebrity lifestyle

>> His other novels

>> Book editor Robert Gottlieb

>> The Heller Cult

>> Wartime novels

>> Tracy Daugherty’s latest books

>> Etc.

Learn more about Tracy Daugherty and his books here: https://tracydaugherty.com

Learn more about Joseph Heller here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Heller

Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18no

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