e is good for the country" (Karl 34).
             Good as Gold is manly a satire on the White House and government. Heller portrays the
             White House as being, "disgraceful," according to Merrill. Merrill believes that this
             work criticizes politics almost from page one and that it does an excellent job of it in
             fact he writes "A number of reviewers found that the Washington satire 'brilliant and
             The other device that Heller uses is humor. Catch-22 is so satirical in places that it
             is hilarious. Mr. Heller's talent and use of comedy is so prevalent in these novels that
             it caused The Atlantic to write "Mr. Heller's talents f
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