Something Happened
Bob Slocum, an average, middle-aged man with a good job, slowly becomes more and more unhappy with the routine of his life.
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What Hacker News says
- Best one was Something Happened by Joseph Heller (Catch 22 guy). Worst one was 1Q84 by Murakami (so far).
- Something happened - Joseph Heller.
- Could you compare Malone Dies with Joseph Heller's Something Happened?
- This is not this essay's first time[1] making it to this front of hacker news. And I am glad for it, because Petrified Forrest essay is great, and Lapham's whole issue[2] on fear is fantastic.
Unfortunately two pieces I found most relevant for HN crowd from this issue so far aren't available on Lapham's Quarterly website. They are a moralistic Japanese 17th century account of an entrepreneur in "All the goodness gone from tea"[3] and Joseph Heller's bit on "Corporate Welfare" in "Something Happened"[4]. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I have.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14589087
[2] http://laphamsquarterly.org/fear
[3] https://books.google.com/books?id=ux89AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA93&ots=...
[4] https://books.google.com/books?id=b2AiWB98p5sC&lpg=PT14&ots=...
