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Catch-22, Joseph Heller ; introduction by Christopher Buckley

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Catch-22, Joseph Heller ; introduction by Christopher Buckley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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facsimilesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Catch-22

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

659770124

Responsibility statement

Joseph Heller ; introduction by Christopher Buckley

Summary

Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him

Table Of Contents

Catch-22 -- History, context, and criticism / edited by Jonathan R. Eller. Part 1: The story of Catch-22. 'The story of Catch-22" / by Jonathan R. Eller ; "Reading in Catch-22" / by Joseph Heller ; "Preface to the 1994 edition of Catch-22" / by Joseph Heller -- Part 2: Other voices. "The logic of survival in a lunatic world" / by Robert Brustein ; "The catch" / by Nelson Algren ; "There's always a catch, especially 22" / by Studs Terkel ; "Here's greatness - in satire" / by Philip Toynbee ; A excerpt from "Some children of the goddess - Norman Mailer vs. nine writers" / by Norman Mailer ; An excerpt from Bright book of life / by Alfred Kazin ; "The loony horror of it all - Catch-22 turns 25" ; "An introduction" / by Anthony Burgess ; "Joseph Heller" / by Christopher Hitchens

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