About the book
Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.
It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.
But the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem - it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening 'Catch-22' that allows for no possibility of escape.
'The greatest satirical work in the English language' Observer
'The most devastating satire ever written about the lunacy of war and military bureaucracy' Antony Beevor
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD JACOBSON
Editions of Catch-22
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781784878696
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780099470465
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780099477310
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780099536017
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781784875848
- EBook
- ISBN 9781446424049
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Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.
It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.
But the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem - it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening 'Catch-22' that allows for no possibility of escape.
'The greatest satirical work in the English language' Observer
'The most devastating satire ever written about the lunacy of war and military bureaucracy' Antony Beevor
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD JACOBSON
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Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.
It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.
But the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem - it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening 'Catch-22' that allows for no possibility of escape.
'The greatest satirical work in the English language' Observer
'The most devastating satire ever written about the lunacy of war and military bureaucracy' Antony Beevor
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD JACOBSON
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Catch-22?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general
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Howard Jacobson, Joseph Heller
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Catch-22 is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781784878696) and paperback(ISBN 9780099470465) and paperback(ISBN 9780099477310) and paperback(ISBN 9780099536017) and paperback(ISBN 9781784875848) and ebook(ISBN 9781446424049)
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