Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
At the heart of Joseph Heller's bestselling novel, first published in 1961, is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. It is a tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive. Yossarian is a bombardier in the 256th Squadron of the Army Air Forces during World War II, stationed on Pianosa, a fictionalised island in the Mediterranean between mainland Italy and Corsica. The squadron's assignment is to bomb enemy positions in Italy and eastern France. Yossarian's mission is simply to stay alive.
Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny, and fantastically unique FINANCIAL TIMES The greatest satirical work in the English language since EREHWON OBSERVER An apocalyptic masterpiece CHICAGO TIMES
Joseph Heller was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a bombardier in the Second World War and then attended New York University and Columbia University and then Oxford, the last on a Fullbright scholarship. Joseph Heller is an honorary fellow of St. Catherine's College, Oxford, which he visits periodically to meet students who are writing fiction.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9781405503877 |
| Title | Catch 22 |
| Release date | 2008-04-03 |
| Format | Audiobook CD Unabridged |
| Studio | Hachette Audio |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | Joseph Heller |
| Read by | Trevor White |