Catch-22 by JOSEPH HELLER First Edition 1961 Second Printing

CATCH 22 BY JOSEPH HELLER. Published by Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition, stated Second Printing. Blue boards stamped in white. Catch-22 is a satirical novel by American writer Joseph Heller, published in 1961. Set on a made-up Italian island, it follows the story of Captain John Yossarian, a bombardier in the United States Air Force that desperately wants to not die, but the infamous Catch-22 makes it impossible to escape service. Catch-22 states that if a man is insane he should not be flying missions and needs only to ask for removal from flight duty, but as soon as he does so he is deemed sane for not wanting to fly more missions and is therefore denied leave. Heller's circular arguments and hilarious irony throughout the novel portrays Yossarian and his friends' plight in a way that is both uproariously funny and deeply disturbing. Excerpts from Reviews of the Book: Catch-22 gave us a right to laugh at the macabre.

Laughter is a soldier's response to a lot of absurdity and the terror of it all. The military machine does the strangest things that make no sense to the rest of us. - Tim O'Brien (American novelist). Catch-22 is the only war novel I've ever read that makes any sense. - Harper Lee (American novelist).

Captain John Yossarian is a bomber pilot who's just trying to make it through WWII alive. But the only excuse the Army will accept for refusing to fly a mission is insanity, and if Yossarian refuses to fly he is, by definition, sane.

This is the self-devouring logical worm that lies at the heart of Catch-22, the story of Yossarian, his colleagues-who respond to the horrors of war with a range of seriocomic neuroses and psychoses-and his superiors, who respond to the horrors of war by sending Yossarian on ever more pointless and dangerous missions for the purpose of enhancing their own reputations. Catch-22 is a bitter, anguished joke of a novel that embraces the existential absurdity of war without ever quite succumbing to it (Lev Grossman, Time All-Time 100 Novels). CONDITION: This Book is in good condition. Book shows normal fairly minor sign of storage & age. The cover, however, is worn, soiled, scuffed and has some discoloration.

Bumped cover corners, pages have turned yellow from age. The endpaper at the front of the book is loosening/separating from spine but still attached.

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Personalised: No
Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: New York
Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Topics: Morality, moral crises, greed, military madness, Paradox
Signed: No
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Modified Item: No
Subject: cult classic, literature & fiction, Classics, historical fiction
Year Printed: 1961
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Second Printing, Vintage Book
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: Joseph Heller
Personalized: No
Genre: satirical war novel, Dark comedy, absurdist fiction, satire
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: War, Bureaucracy, Altruism Miscommunication, Self-interest
Subjects: war fiction, contradictory rules, Novels
Character Family: Catch - 22