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BIZARRE: Joseph heller - You Need To See This

The nightmarish catch-22 at the heart of a burning injustice

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The plight of hundreds of inmates trapped in a grim loop between indefinite sentences and mental health treatment within our prison system must be resolved

The Independent UK

Jonathan Coe: ‘I was a Tory until I read Tony Benn’

The author on getting hooked on Flann O’Brien, reassessing Kingsley Amis, and why his grandfather was outraged by Watership Down

The Guardian - UK

The best closing lines from books - from poignant final passages to chilling closing sentences

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

Woman & Home

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Catch-22: the great antiwar novel whose barbs still strike home, even in times of peace

In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature

The Conversation

The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze by William Saroyan review – vividly crafted Depression-era tales

The US author’s debut collection from 1934 focuses on impoverished individuals in precarious times using language that is punchy and full of compassion

The Guardian - UK

William Boyd: ‘Ulysses is the novel to end all novels’

The ‘Gabriel’s Moon’ author on which of his 18 novels means the most to him, and the book he once loved obsessively

The Independent UK

‘A spy in the land of the privileged’: why Eve Babitz’s cult Hollywood memoir still matters 50 years on

In 70s LA, Eve Babitz partied with everyone from Salvador Dali to Jim Morrison, but she was also a trailblazing writer. As a new generation discover her work, her sister and agent celebrate her originality, ambition and lust for life

The Guardian - UK

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‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’: 15 of the most iconic book covers

From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Finn Cliff Hodges looks at the best covers out there

The Independent UK

Alan Arkin was brilliant, difficult, spiritual and mysterious: ‘He’s always been underestimated’

As the Oscar-winning star of ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘Argo’ and ‘Catch-22’ dies at the age of 89, Martin Chilton looks back at the life and career of an actor with exquisite timing, depth and deadpan delivery – and who had little time for the trinkets of stardom

The Independent UK

Robert Gottlieb obituary

American editor who worked with many celebrated authors including Anthony Burgess, Doris Lessing and Joseph Heller

The Guardian - UK

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, has died at 92

Gottlieb, whose work helped shape the modern publishing canon, edited fiction by future Nobel laureates, spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron and Caro's nonfiction epics.

WEKU

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92

One of the greatest literary editors in modern times, Robert Gottlieb, has died

The Independent UK

OPINION - Rishi Sunak hit by backlash over plans to end small boats crisis

The term ‘Catch-22’ was coined by Joseph Heller in his 1961 masterpiece of the same name. Partway through the satirical war novel, the author describes the absurd position in which pilots found themselves through the character Doc Daneeka, an army psychiatrist.

Evening Standard

Turn Every Page: a peek into Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb’s long creative relationship

In a new documentary directed by Gottlieb’s daughter, the 50-year partnership between the acclaimed author and the renowned editor is examined

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Robert Caro, Gottlieb and the mystic chords of memory

They may be publishing most famous author-editor pairing

The Guardian - UK

Shehan Karunatilaka’s Booker winner is narrated by a dead man - but it’s a novel full of life

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, about a photographer during Sri Lanka’s civil war, has tremendous comic energy

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why inappropriate books are the best kind

The house where I was raised had an open shelf rule. This meant my brother and I were allowed to read anything, no matter how inappropriate or beyond our years. We never had to ask.

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