Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1989 Edition, Tr Pbk)

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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
ISBN
9780684833392
Book Title
Catch-22 : 'never Has a Book Been Laughed and Wept over So Many Times'
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Item Length
8 in
Publication Year
1996
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Joseph Heller
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Classics, War & Military, Satire, General, Literary
Item Weight
15.6 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
464 Pages
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0684833395
ISBN-13
9780684833392
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10068284475

Product Key Features

Book Title
Catch-22 : 'never Has a Book Been Laughed and Wept over So Many Times'
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Classics, War & Military, Satire, General, Literary
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Fiction
Author
Joseph Heller
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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Trade
LCCN
94-013984
Reviews
"To my mind, there have been two great American novels in the past fifty years. Catch-22 is one." -Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly, John W. AldridgeThe New York Times Book ReviewA monumental artifact of contemporary American literature, almost as assured of longevity as the statues on Easter Island...Catch-22 is a novel that reminds us once again of all that we have taken for granted in our world and should not, the madness we try not to bother and notice, the deceptions and falsehoods we lack the will to try to distinguish from truth., "This novel is not merely the best American novel to come out of World War II, it is the best American novel that has come out of anywhere in years." -Nelson Algren, The Nation, "To call it the finest comic novel of our day is faulting it. If Joseph Heller writes no other book, he will be well remembered for this apocalyptic masterpiece." -Studs Terkel, Chicago Sun-Times, "It's the rock and roll of novels . . . There's no book like it. . . . Surprisingly powerful." -Norman Mailer, Esquire, Robert BrusteinThe New RepublicOne of the most bitterly funny works in the language...explosive, bitter, subversive, brilliant., "Wildly original, brilliantly comic, brutally gruesome, it is a dazzling performance that will probably outrage nearly as many readers as it delights." -Orville Prescott, New York Times Book Review, John W. AldridgeThe New York Times Book ReviewA monumental artifact of contemporary literature, almost as assured of longevity as the statues on Easter Island.
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a new term to the dictionary. At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. His efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously scrambles, thousands of people he hasn't even met are trying to kill him. His problem is Colonel Cathcart, who keeps raising the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions that he is committed to flying, he is trapped by the Great Loyalty Oath Crusade, the hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule from which the book takes its title: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes the necessary formal request to be relieved of such missions, the very act of making the request proves that he is sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved. Catch-22 is a microcosm of the twentieth-century world as it might look to some one dangerously sane -- a masterpiece of our time.

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