Catch-22 / Joseph Heller ; introduction by Christopher Buckley.
By: Heller, Joseph.
Contributor(s): Buckley, Christopher.
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BookPublisher: New Delhi : New York : Vintage ; Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2011Edition: 50th Anniversary ed. ; Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.Description: 569 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780099536017 (pbk.); 9781451621174; 1451621175; 9781451626650 (trade pbk.); 1451626657 (trade pbk.).Other title: Catch-twenty-two.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- FictionGenre/Form: War stories.DDC classification: 813.54 Online resources: Publisher description Summary: Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. 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. If Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions then he is caught in Catch-22: if he flies he is crazy, and doesn't have to; but if he doesn't want to he must be sane and has to. That's some catch... taken from publisher's site.
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Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. 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. If Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions then he is caught in Catch-22: if he flies he is crazy, and doesn't have to; but if he doesn't want to he must be sane and has to. That's some catch... taken from publisher's site.
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