CATCH-22

By: Joseph Heller

Narrated by: Jay O. Sanders

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

Now a Hulu limited series starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh Laurie.

Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books of all time. In recent years it has been named to “best novels” lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer.

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 enemy—it 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 he’s assigned, he’ll 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.

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller’s personal archive; and much more. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature.

One of the Best Books ever written!!!

I’ve read this Book Many Time’s and I try to always keep at least one copy in my possession atAll Time’s. I haven’t read many books that spoke to me this way in a very long time. God Bless You Mr. Heller. R.I.P.

Just ok

I gues when this book was written it broke new ground. Clearly Yosairian was the inspiration of Klinger on Mash, and much of the books dialogue clearly inspired the writers of the sitcom.

The book is too long to to be so damn repetitive with a story that seemingly leads no where.

My $.02.

Best Token I Ever Used

Great Value! The narration was incridibly vibrate and emersive into this crazy, amazing, story. 11/10

Funny and tragic at the same time. Best narrator ever

This book is incredible. Funny, witty, goofy - had me laughing out loud on my way to work every morning. But it also had depth to it. Tragedy, fear, death, war, PTSD, you name it. And the narrator/reader was so impressive - there's like 50 characters in this book and he gave every one their own voice. 10/10 would recommend.

must read.

the absurdity of set social norms and illusions of normalcy are exposed like the naked nerve.