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Name: Catch-22

Author: Joseph Heller
Year: 1961
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Popularity: 9.9
Genres/categories: Classic, Historical fiction, War/Military, Humor

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ISBN:
9780099470380
9780099470465
9780099477310
9780099536017
9780552015004
9780684833392
9780708981641
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1556511310
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5553676711
5557018999
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Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest — and most celebrated — books of all time. In recent years it has been named to "best novels" lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer.

Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But 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. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he's assigned, he'll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.
This book is part of the "Catch-22" series.
Here are some other books from this series:
Closing Time
First published 1994
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