Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Joseph Heller - used their art form as a weapon against society and the force that governed it. ... Joseph Heller is an author often compared to Vonnegut in the hall of 20th century American literati. ... Vonnegut focuses on the death of a nation and its dream, a similar theme to that of another celebrated American author - Joseph Heller. ... Heller too plays with the idea of chaos in the dialogue of Closing Time. ... I don't understand the country, I know New York City, the rest of the country is foreign to me, especially politically and especially poli...

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