Name: Good as Gold
ISBN: 9780684839745

Joseph Heller

Dr. Bruce Gold, a forty-eight-year-old Jewish professor of English, faces the possibilities of being appointed to a high State Department position and being disowned by his family

Good as Gold

I almost didn't finish this book. It's written in much the same way as Catch-22 but unlike Yossarran the main character in this book, Dr Bruce Gold, isn't very likeable. 

Doug Belshaw

On paper, Bruce Gold seems to have carved a comfortable niche for himself. But in the flesh, he's not so impressive. His ancient father thinks he's a fool, his children fail to notice him and even his wife doesn't realise he's no longer living with her. Gold's been promised a prestigious government post in Washington - only he's never been told what the position actually is. Hugely funny and sweetly sad, Good as Gold is the story of children grown up, parents grown old, anad lovers grown apart.