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God Knows

Joseph Heller

Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 3.8 | 3245 Users | 196 Reviews

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Title	:	God Knows
Author	:	Joseph Heller
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	November 12th 1997 by Simon Schuster (first published 1984)
Categories	:	Fiction

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Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, King David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of Israel, husband of Bathsheba, and father of Solomon; now meet David as he really was: the cocky Jewish kid, the plagiarized poet, and the Jewish father. Listen as David tells his own story, a story both relentlessly ancient and surprisingly modern, about growing up and growing old, about men and women, and about man and God. It is quintessential Heller.

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Original Title:	God Knows
ISBN:	0684841258 (ISBN13: 9780684841250)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Prix Médicis Etranger (1985)

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Having been a huge fan of Catch-22, I had been curious to read more of Heller's work for a long time. Something Happened, his follow-up to Catch-22, is the book that I had heard the most about- mainly that it was a challenging read that left many of his fans reeling and wondering whether he had lost his knack for finely honed satire. I had never even heard of God Knows until it was placed in my hands last week with the recommendation that it was "like Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's

Heller's take on the story of King David. More emphasis on humour than his other books, but with a healthy helping of satire. A great (and quite alternative) retelling of the story by a great author.

Catch-22 is a tough act to follow.

One of the best books I have read for a very long time. I absolutely loved it. In my younger days I was a Bible nerd so I recognised the Bible stories and allusions that were peppered everywhere, I don't think someone who was not steeped in the Old Testament would get nearly so much out of it. Then the irreverence, just breath-taking. And the anachronisms - delightful.An amazing book for me, but not entirely sure who I could recommend it to. The humour is very niche - Biblical scholars and

Sort of a madcap version of King David's story, told in the first person, of course including more vivid descriptions of some of the bawdier details than the Bible does. Heller doesn't sacrifice the real account at the expense of entertainment though, so I came away really being amazed by David's story told again, and reminded of many details I had forgotten. I was impressed by his steadfastness in the face of serious hardship and adversity and his faithfulness to God, even though there is

So Joseph Heller has a certain style where he tends of overload his prose with attempts to be witty and/or punny and leaning heavily on the humor of nonsense and obvious contradictions. Some might describe it as "trying too hard." It's a little bit like listening to the comedian Dennis Miller when he goes on a roll with obscure references and I don't get most of them. I am sure there were a lot of references in this book that I didn't get, either because I wasn't paying enough attention (perhaps

For the first time in years I didn't finish a book. I was about 100 pages from the end and just could. not. go. on. Heller writes about King David's last days and memories, and it's one long complainfest. There's bits of humor, but for my money I enjoyed Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal written by Christopher Moore much better. You know how the Bible has those long chains of "xx begat xx who begat xx who begat xx"? This is very similar but with "then I went to Giza to