CATCH-22

Joseph Heller

ISBN 10: 1508296901 ISBN 13: 9781508296904

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Audio, 2019

Synopsis

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

Several decades after its initial publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest--and most celebrated--novels 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. Since its publication in 1961, no novel has matched Catch-22’s intensity and brilliance in depicting the brutal insanity of war.

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About the Author

Joseph Heller (1923--1999) is the highly acclaimed author of Catch-22, a story loosely based on his own experiences during World War II. A bestseller, instant classic, and later feature film, Catch-22 secured his place in literary history. He later went on to write such novels as Good as Gold; God Knows; Picture This; Closing Time; and Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Audio
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1508296901
• ISBN 13: 9781508296904
• Binding: Audio CD
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1