: Picture This Novel plot and novel summary. What is Picture This Novel about

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Picture This (novel)Picture This is a 1988 novel from Joseph Heller, the satiric author of the acclaimed Catch-22.

Plot
The novel is an eclectic historical journey across multiple periods of history, all connected by a single painting: Rembrandt van Rijn's Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer. The work jumps from the golden age of Athens, to 17th Century Holland, to the rise of the American Empire; hopscotching from Aristotle, to Rembrandt, to Socrates, and back to Heller and even Jimmy Carter. It examines fundamental dichotomies in human existence under the guise of satire.

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