Good as GoldBruce Gold, a middle-aged, Jewish professor of English literature, finds himself on the brink of a golden career in politics -- and not a moment too soon, as Gold yearns for an opportunity to transform a less-than-picture-perfect life: His children think little of him, his intimidating father endlessly bullies him, and his wife is so oblivious that she doesn't even notice he's left her. As funny as it is sad, Good as Gold is a story of children grown up, parents grown old, and friends and lovers grown apart -- a story that is inimitably Heller. |
Contents
Section 1 | 9 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 26 |
Section 4 | 57 |
Section 5 | 81 |
Section 6 | 87 |
Section 7 | 93 |
Section 8 | 114 |
Section 17 | 216 |
Section 18 | 226 |
Section 19 | 231 |
Section 20 | 259 |
Section 21 | 270 |
Section 22 | 288 |
Section 23 | 337 |
Section 24 | 363 |
Section 9 | 123 |
Section 10 | 129 |
Section 11 | 147 |
Section 12 | 189 |
Section 13 | 203 |
Section 14 | 210 |
Section 15 | 212 |
Section 16 | 214 |
Section 25 | 379 |
Section 26 | 395 |
Section 27 | 399 |
Section 28 | 404 |
Section 29 | 417 |
Section 30 | 439 |
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