From the bestselling author of Catch-22 Joseph Heller s wonderfully inventive second novel Something Happened takes a satirical look at business life and American culture. Bob Slocum was living the American dream. He had a beautiful wife three lovely children a nice house...and all the mistresses he desired. He had it all--all that is but happiness. Slocum was discontent. Inevitably inexorably his discontent deteriorated into desolation until...something happened. Something Happened is Joseph Heller s wonderfully inventive and controversial second novel satirizing business life and American culture. The story is told as if you were overhearing the patter of Bob Slocum s brain--recording what is going on at the office as well as his fantasies and memories that complete the story of his life. The result is a novel as original and memorable as his Catch-22.