God Knows

Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David - yes, that David: warrior king of Israel, husband of Bathsheba, father of Soloman, slayer of Goliath, and pessimist nonpareil... as well as the David we've never known before now: David the cocky Jewish kid, David the fabulous lover, David the plagiarized poet, David the Jewish father, David the (one time) crony of God....