Something Happened: A Novel

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:none
gptkbp:adapted_into gptkb:none
gptkbp:author gptkb:Joseph_Heller
gptkbp:character_development psychological depth
gptkbp:conflict internal conflict
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews
gptkbp:followed_by Closing Time
gptkbp:genre literary fiction
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkbp:influences postmodern literature
gptkbp:isbn 978-0684832004
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Bob_Slocum
gptkbp:motif gptkb:dreams
gptkb:memory
workplace
gptkbp:narrative_style first-person
gptkbp:notable_quote " Life is a series of choices."
" The only thing I know is that I know nothing."
" I have never been able to understand why people are so afraid of the truth."
" I am a man who is afraid of living."
" I am not a man who is afraid of dying."
gptkbp:pages gptkb:368
gptkbp:published_year gptkb:1974
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Simon_&_Schuster
gptkbp:setting gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:style satirical
gptkbp:themes gptkb:identity
gptkb:family
alienation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Joseph_Heller
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4