God KnowsJoseph 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. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 15 |
Section 3 | 59 |
Section 4 | 79 |
Section 5 | 95 |
Section 6 | 125 |
Section 7 | 136 |
Section 8 | 142 |
Section 12 | 221 |
Section 13 | 259 |
Section 14 | 293 |
Section 15 | 311 |
Section 16 | 341 |
Section 17 | 345 |
Section 18 | 355 |
Section 19 | 358 |
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