"It is splendidly put together and hypnotic to read. It is as clear and hard-edged as a cut diamond" (Kurt Vonnegut New York Times)"Imagine our joy when Vintage announced that it is publishing a collection of easily digestible books from the world?s most celebrated writers on the experiences that make us human? They look good and read well. That?s win/win in our book." (Stylist)

Bob Slocum is anxious, bored and fearful of his job. So why is it he wants nothing more than the chance to speak at the next company convention? In this darkly satirical book, Joseph Heller takes us for a turn on the maddening hamster wheel of work. Heller?s workplace is a cradle of paranoia, bravado and nauseating banter, forever shadowed by that perennial question, who?s really running the show here? In Heller?s hands, our daily grind has never seemed so absurd.Selected from the book Something Happened by Joseph HellerVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.A series of short books by the world?s greatest writers on the experiences that make us humanAlso in the Vintage Minis series:Drinking by John CheeverSwimming by Roger DeakinLiberty by Virginia WoolfDeath by Julian Barnes