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"The Last Days" is the sequel to Joseph Heller's "Catch-22". In addition to Yossarian, Milo, Priest and others in "Catch-22", it also adds Sammy, Liu and other characters who left a deep impression on readers. As they grow older, they no longer fight fascist fire, but disease and death. The black humor of "Catch-22" has been extended and broken through in this book, such as "the priest urinated in heavy water", "a lavish wedding held in a dirty station during the economic depression", "the president mistakenly released a nuclear weapon while playing games"... The greed and hypocrisy of capitalism are clearly visible in Heller's absurdity and profundity.

According to Catch-22, only a lunatic can be exempted from flying duty, but he must apply for it himself; and the person who can apply for this must not be crazy, so he still has to fly. The protagonist Yossarian in "Catch-22" was an American bomber in World War II. Catch-22 forced him to live on the line of life and death. At the same time, he also discovered that there were such absurd traps hidden everywhere in the world. Today, Catch-22 has become an idiomatic expression in English, referring to logic that seems reasonable but is actually crazy and absurd. Catch-22 is synonymous with institutionalized madness. This is an eternal question in human society: In a crazy world, who is the madman?

You've heard of King David, the legendary warrior and king of the United Kingdom of Israel, the husband of Bathsheba, and the father of Solomon. Now, meet the real King David: a proud son of the Jews, a poet who was constantly copied, a husband and a father. In his later years, David was described as haggard and dying. With a bittersweet nostalgia, but more of a regret, he looked back on his magnificent life on his death bed: his early military exploits, eight marriages, several children who broke his heart or disappointed him, constant fights with relatives, and a God who did not know whether he had forgotten or abandoned him. "God Knows" is Joseph Heller's fourth novel, based on the story of King David. Joseph Heller used black humor to restore a more realistic and vivid image of King David. "God Knows" dissolves traditional historical writing, reveals the mystery of theological knowledge through different versions of stories, and dispels the sacred halo of sacred works of Western culture. From deconstructing David to subverting religious classics to dissolving God, Heller subverts everything sacred, from literary classics to religious beliefs. The book is Heller's meditation on his own life and an exploration of Jewish perspectives on family, life, death, and more.