Playboy Interview: Joseph Heller

June, 1975

Playboy Interview: Joseph HellerIn 1961, Joseph Heller, a 38-year-old advertising and promotion executive for McCall's magazine, finally completed the novel he'd been tinkering with in his spare time for the better part of a decade. The book was called "Catch-18," a title that was later increased by four upon publication of Leon Uris' "Mila 18"--Heller's editors didn't think people would buy two novels with the same number.They needn't have worried."Catch-22's" read...