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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Catch-22: A special edition of the classic world war two novel

Joseph Heller (author), Howard Jacobson (author of introduction)

Hardback Published on: 05/10/2023

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Still Catching Up

After fifty years and ten million copies is there anything left to say? That depends on whether you believe that Catch-22 will be around for another fifty ... READ MORE

David Learner

Catch-22

Still probably the best novel about war ever written! Set during the last throes of the Second World War, Yossarian is not happy because thousands of peopl... READ MORE

Jackie Carreira at Bury St Edmunds

Catch-22

This book is so cleverly put together. Scenes which first appear comic reveal themselves 100 pages later to be horrifically tragic. This classic satire of ... READ MORE

Michael

a real feather in your cap!

Catagorically, this book is insane. it's mad. It's bonkers. It's wacko. It's sixes and sevens. It's sevens and eights. It's flown the coop in a B-19 bomber... READ MORE

Tom

Synopsis

A beautiful hardback edition of one of the most subversive anti-war novels ever written - reading Catch-22 is a rite of passage.

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...

'The greatest satirical work in the English language' Observer

'Wildly original, brutally gruesome, a dazzling performance...it will not be forgotten' New York Times

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

Publisher information

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781784878696
Number of pages: 544
Dimensions: 205 x 137 x 45 mm
Weight: 538g
Languages: English

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Catch-22

Go on, ask why she was hitting him over the head...This is one very good book.The story revisits events again but from the point of view of the other chara... READ MORE

rachel field

Complex

I picked this book up at University as it was thoroughly recommended. The size of it meant that I did not come to read it until later when I had time to fo... READ MORE

Christian

Tales of bureaucracy

I read this book when I was a student in the early 70s and my memory of it was that I thought that it was wonderful. Recently I had to read it again for my... READ MORE

lizziebea

Should've read years ago

This book was recommended by my English teacher in College but I didn't bother to read it. I enjoy the Monty Python films and it was recommended by a colle... READ MORE

homerfox

Bizarre and rebellious

If you are expecting a heavy going war book, prepare to be surprised. All large organisations should read this and consider their ridiculous bureaucracy. Y... READ MORE

Fat A

Keep going!

I bought this for a book club read. We had decided we needed to read a modern classic! I was convinced I had read it before, but once I started I was not s... READ MORE

Stories Allsorts

Lunacy, absurdity and profound truths abound.

This is one of those books I've been meaning to read for a very long time and have at last done so. I'm glad I waited to be honest. If I'd read this in my ... READ MORE

Nocturnal bibliophile

The Curate's Egg

I'd been meaning to read "Catch 22" for about half a century, and finally got around to seeing what all the fuss was about. I must have been gripped by it ... READ MORE

ICM

Catch-22

This is a moving sardonic tale about the absurdities of war. I found this book utterly compelling, in particular the way in which Heller brings the charact... READ MORE

CHRIS H 82

A unique and wonderful book.

These kinds of books are truely few and far between. Packed with wondeful characters who are brought to life through a style unmatched in modern writing. Y... READ MORE

Mogumbo

A must read

"An unreasonable belief that everybody around him was crazy, a homicidal impulse to machine-gun strangers" Imagine you're fighting in a dangerous support... READ MORE

Stephen

Satirical period piece from the 1950’s

I really struggled with this book. The plot centres around the main character as he battles bureaucracy and larger than life characters in an effort to g... READ MORE

Canuck Abroad

Catch-22: A special edition of the classic world war two novel

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