A burlesque epic in the tradition of THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK, CATCH-22 exposes the absurdity of war by applying its own demented logic to America's involvement in Korea. The 'catch' is that soldiers have to claim to be mad in order to get out of fighting - but being capable of making such a claim automatically proves them sane. With a cast of magnificently larger-than-life characters who are rushed along at a breathless pace, for once this really is a novel it's hard to put down. CATCH-22 was made into a film.
| ISBN: | 9781857152203 |
| Publication date: | 21st September 1995 |
| Author: | Joseph Heller |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 568 pages |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Second World War fiction Satirical fiction and parodies |