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| Value for Money | 10/10 |
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| Overall rating | 10/10 |
| Format: Paperback, ISBN: 9780743239790 |  | £5.99P&P: £2.75 |
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on 30th Mar 2007
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Good Points: Hilarious and thought provoking.
Bad Points: None.
General comments: This is a superb book and a classic of American satire writing. It's basically an anti-war book which instead of being po-faced revels in the madness of war and the scams and immorality that are an essential part of it. An absolute joy to read with some brilliant characters, hilarious situations. The main character is called Yossarian, an outsider, and he is determined to stay alive. He has no allegiance to the military which is lampooned throughout. It says something that the title - CATCH 22, has entered the English language. Catch 22 is a policy in the book used to justify illogical actions by the army. Yossarian claims to be insane to escape the war but his leaders cite Catch 22 saying to claim to be insane to try and avoid the war is actually a sign of sanity.
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Review by
Dreadlocksmile
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on 23rd Aug 2004
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Joseph Heller, Catch-22 - Joseph Heller's best known novel is probably the greatest work of literature to be based around the experiences of World War II. It manages to be both hilariously funny and terribly sad. Heller makes each of the men in the USAAF flight based at Pianosa a believable individual, each of the front-line fliers responding to the stresses of the war in the air in different ways, and each of those who are in the army bureaucracy behind the lines wrapped up in the totally unimp ...
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