Missed this literary passing. Just read it in Time. I found Leon Uris's Mila 18, about the Warsaw ghetto uprising, one of the most poignant, haunting, and stirring reads of my young life (I read it at 14). I also really enjoyed one of his lesser known works, Topaz. Of course, Battle Cry and Exodus are among his many noted tomes.

This curious little word-thingy from an AP obit-tribute to Uris today:

>[Uris's] "Mila 18" (1960) unintentional influence on both American publishing and American slang: Its title led a rival publisher to change the name of an upcoming novel, by a then-unknown Joseph Heller, from "Catch-18" to "Catch-22".<

I did not know that.

BTW, Uris was also noted for his epic Irish study, "Trinity."