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Catch-22

joseph heller jay o. sanders

Catch-22 is like no other novel we have ever read. It has its own style, its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original.

It is set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy. Its hero is a bombardier named Yossarian, who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him. (He has decided to live forever even if he has to die in the attempt.)

Catch-22 is a microcosm of the twentieth-century world as it might look to someone dangerously sane. It is a novel that lives and moves and grows with astonishing power and vitality. It is, we believe, one of the strongest creations of the mid-century.

Performed by Jay O. Sanders

Genres classicsfictionhistorical fictionwarhumorliteraturenovelshistoricalbook clubamerican

16 pages, Audio CD

First published November 10,1961

Series

Catch-22

Literary awards

national book award finalist,

Places

italy,

This edition

Format: 16 pages, Audio CD
Published: February 20, 2007 by Caedmon
ISBN: 9780060890094
ASIN: 0060890096
Language: English

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Yossarian

Capt. John Joseph Yossarian is a fictional character and protagonist in Joseph Hellers novel Catch-22 and its sequel Closing Time. In Catch-22, Yossarian is a 28-year-old captain in the 256th squadron of the Army Air Forces where he serves as a B-25...
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