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Joseph Heller - Catch-22
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Joseph Heller's manic, bleak, blackly humorous, and brilliant novel has become a classic of American literature, and "Catch-22" has entered...
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Joseph Heller's manic, bleak, blackly humorous, and brilliant novel has become a classic of American literature, and "Catch-22" has entered the language as a term describing a no-win situation. Set during the last months of World War II, the novel tells the story of an Air Force bombardier, the hapless Yossarian, who is convinced--quite rightly, of course--that people are trying to kill him. The famous "catch" is that the terrified Yossarian, who constantly and by increasingly inventive means tries to persuade his superiors that he is crazy and should be grounded, can't be grounded because his fear of dying proves that he is sane--and so he is assigned to more and more bombing missions. Heller makes the horrors of war, which include Yossarian's traumatized reliving of the particularly grisly death of a friend, into comedy with the help of a Dickensian cast of characters, including the elusive Major Major Major Major, the blackmarket profiteer Milo Minderbinder, the photographer Hungry Joe, and the wonderful
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Pros: Funny, satirical and wonerful character development
Cons: None
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Pros: Hillarious and insightful - it's brilliant.
Cons: I can't read it for the first time again.
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Yossarian doesn't care what side the bottom line is on - the enemy is anyone who is trying to get you killed. Read More
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Pros: Many tales told in one; switches from cynical humor to horrendous tragedies
Cons: None that I can see
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Very similar to works of Kurt Vonnegut, author Joseph Heller's novel Catch 22 will make you laugh while scaring you at the very same time. Read More
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Pros: Darkly humorous. Extremely witty. Deep and full of meaning.
Cons: May take some patience.
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Pros: Funny and tragic all at once, Heller has created something that will forver stand the test of time.
Cons: It's politics will be deemed too radical by many, and they will truly miss out.
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Pros: Short chapters, funny, always entertaining
Cons: Sometimes it gets hard to make progress because of the style of the chapters
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Not only is this book important as an antiwar book, it's also one of the most entertaining books that I've ever read. Read More
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Pros: This a trulely unusual book that is definately a must read
Cons: none
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This book had me failing in my attempts to suppress the laughter that it often evoked from Read More
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Pros: Brilliant literature, versatile novel
Cons: May or may not require repeated readings, suffers tedious "post-modern" pigeon-holing from the ivory tower, making actual discussion difficult
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Pros: Different approach, interesting writing style
Cons: hard to follow at times
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