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Joseph Heller's manic, bleak, blackly humorous, and brilliant novel has become a classic of American literature, and "Catch-22" has entered...
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Joseph Heller's manic, bleak, blackly humorous, and brilliant novel has become a classic of American literature, and "Catch-22" has entered the language as a term describing a no-win situation. Set during the last months of World War II, the novel tells the story of an Air Force bombardier, the hapless Yossarian, who is convinced--quite rightly, of course--that people are trying to kill him. The famous "catch" is that the terrified Yossarian, who constantly and by increasingly inventive means tries to persuade his superiors that he is crazy and should be grounded, can't be grounded because his fear of dying proves that he is sane--and so he is assigned to more and more bombing missions. Heller makes the horrors of war, which include Yossarian's traumatized reliving of the particularly grisly death of a friend, into comedy with the help of a Dickensian cast of characters, including the elusive Major Major Major Major, the blackmarket profiteer Milo Minderbinder, the photographer Hungry Joe, and the wonderful
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| Authors | Joseph Heller |
| Editors | Harold Bloom |
| Narrator | Jay O. Sanders |
| Fiction Genre | History |
| Fiction Subgenre | Unknown |
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| New Republic: "One of the most bitterly funny works in the language...explosive, bitter, subversive, brilliant." | |
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Format: Hardcover - Prebinding
Publisher: Bt Bound (June 01, 2000) Measurements: 8.5"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.3 lbs. ISBN: 9780808514022 |
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It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him. |
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Absurd, cynical, and wonderful
Pros: Funny, satirical and wonerful character development Cons: None Catch 22 - One of my favourite books ever.
Pros: Hillarious and insightful - it's brilliant. Cons: I can't read it for the first time again. Bottom Line: Catch-22 is yet another "Feather in Heller's Cap"
Pros: Many tales told in one; switches from cynical humor to horrendous tragedies Cons: None that I can see Bottom Line: Here's the Catch
Pros: Darkly humorous. Extremely witty. Deep and full of meaning. Cons: May take some patience. Bottom Line: The book that spawned an expression.
Pros: Funny and tragic all at once, Heller has created something that will forver stand the test of time. Cons: It's politics will be deemed too radical by many, and they will truly miss out. Read the book... or just pick a chapter
Pros: Short chapters, funny, always entertaining Cons: Sometimes it gets hard to make progress because of the style of the chapters Bottom Line: Brilliant-beyond art
Pros: This a trulely unusual book that is definately a must read Cons: none Bottom Line: A cherished favourite, although not quite a bed-time story
Pros: Brilliant literature, versatile novel Cons: May or may not require repeated readings, suffers tedious "post-modern" pigeon-holing from the ivory tower, making actual discussion difficult Catch-22 A different take on war
Pros: Different approach, interesting writing style Cons: hard to follow at times |
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