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Catch-22 / Joseph Heller ; introduction by Howard Jacobson

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Vintage, 2011.Edition: 50th Anniversary editionDescription: 523 pages : illustration ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780099529125
Other title:
  • Catch-twenty-two
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.54 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3558.E476 C3 2011
Summary: Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. His real problem is not the enemy - it is his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. If Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions then he is caught in Catch-22: if he flies he is crazy, and doesn't have to; but if he doesn't want to he must be sane, and has to. That's some catch ...
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Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. His real problem is not the enemy - it is his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. If Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions then he is caught in Catch-22: if he flies he is crazy, and doesn't have to; but if he doesn't want to he must be sane, and has to. That's some catch ...

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