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Catch-22 (Hardcover, 50th Anniversary ed.)
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Catch-22 (Hardcover, 50th Anniversary ed.)
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Fifty years after its original publication, "Catch-22 "remains a
cornerstone of American lit-erature 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. This fiftieth-anniversary
edition commemorates Joseph Heller's masterpiece with a new
introduction by Christopher Buckley; personal essays on the genesis
of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical responses and
reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and
others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller's personal
archive; and a selection of advertisements from the original
publishing campaign that helped turn "Catch-22 "into a cultural
phenomenon. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic
of world literature.
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