Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition

Never has a book been laughed and wept over so many times * Guardian *To my mind, there have been two great American novels in the past fifty years. Catch-22 is one – Stephen KingCatch-22 is the only war novel I’ve ever read that makes any sense – Harper LeeThe war novel to end all war novels * Independent *Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny and fantastically unique. No one has ever written a book like this * Financial Times *Unforgettable * Sunday Times *Outrageously funny * Observer *Catch-22 is the greatest satirical work in English since Erewhon…remarkable… This is a book that I could wish everyone to read. It is a book which should help us feel more clearly – Philip Toynbee * Observer *The greatest satirical work in the English language * Observer *A wondrous book with many layers. When I first read it at 14 the story of war and passion really inspired me. It was like reading something in neon: everything came alive. As a teenager you start to feel the world is against you and I identified strongly with Yossarian and his dilemma. One of the funniest things I’ve ever read. – Nathaniel Parker * Daily Express *

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.

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