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Catch-22: As recommended on BBC2’s Between the Covers
Joseph Heller
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Description for Catch-22: As recommended on BBC2’s Between the Covers
Paperback. Presents the tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive. This novel is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
**AS SEEN ON BBC TWO's BETWEEN THE COVERS**
Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.
It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.
But the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem - it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening 'Catch-22' that allows for no possibility of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099470465
SKU
V9780099470465
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-21
About Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1923. In 1961, he published Catch-22, which became a bestseller and, in 1970, a film. He went on to write such novels as Something Happened, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time (the sequel to Catch-22), and Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man. Heller died in December 1999.
Reviews for Catch-22: As recommended on BBC2’s Between the Covers
It is a rare book in that it has the ability to make you laugh out loud and be deeply moved within a few pages.
Adam Staten
British Journal of General Practice
Wildly original, brutally gruesome, ... Read more
Adam Staten
British Journal of General Practice
Wildly original, brutally gruesome, ... Read more