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
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099470465
Number of pages: 544
Weight: 376 g
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 34 mm
It is a rare book in that it has the ability to make you laugh out loud and be deeply moved within a few pages. - Adam Staten, British Journal of General Practice
Wildly original, brutally gruesome, a dazzling performance that will outrage as many readers as it delights. Vulgarly, bitterly funny, it will not be forgotten by those who can take it - New York Times
Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny and fantastically unique. No one has ever written a book like this - Financial Times
The greatest satirical work in the English language - Philip Toynbee, Observer
Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny, and fantastically unique. No one has ever written a book like this - Financial Times
Go on, ask why she was hitting him over the head...This is one very good book.The story revisits events again but from the point of view of the other characters. Events move onwards but the sheer madness of the... More
I picked this book up at University as it was thoroughly recommended. The size of it meant that I did not come to read it until later when I had time to focus upon it. And this book requires focus as it has many... More
I read this book when I was a student in the early 70s and my memory of it was that I thought that it was wonderful. Recently I had to read it again for my book club and I was overcome by utter irritation. The... More
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