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50th Anniversary Edition
Simon & Schuster
April 2011
On Sale: April 5, 2011
544 pages
ISBN: 1451626657
EAN: 9781451626650
Paperback
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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.
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