No laughing matter

By Joseph Heller

Subjects: Biography, Health, Patients, Authors, american, Authors, biography, Guillain-barre syndrome, American Novelists, Polyradiculitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Polyradiculoneuropathy, Personal narratives

Description: (Auto)-biographical book (with Speed Vogel), documenting the period of illness starting with December 1981, when Heller was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. The two friends write alternate chapters, chronicling that period and dire situation with humour. Heller was to recover, eventually, and re-marry with the nurse who saw him through his illness.