Catch-22 / Joseph Heller
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon and Schuster , 1961, c1955Description: 443 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- FIC HEL
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Fiction / Ficción | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles | General | FIC HEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 053614 |
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funnies - and most celebrate - books of all time. Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemyit is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions hes assigned, hell be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.
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