Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, king David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of israel, husband of...Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, king David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of israel, husband of bathsheba, and father of solomon; now meet David as he really was: the cocky jewish kid, the plagiarized poet, and the jewish father.