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Catch-22 (1961) Author: Joseph Heller Captain John Yossarian is a bomber pilot who's just trying to make it through WWII alive. But the only excuse the Army will accept for refusing to fly a mission is insanity, and if Yossarian refuses to fly he is, by definition, sane. This is the self-devouring logical worm that lies at the heart of Catch-22, the story of Yossarian, his colleagueswho respond to the horrors of war with a range of seriocomic neuroses and psychosesand his superiors, who respond to the horrors of war by sending Yossarian on ever more pointless and dangerous missions for the purpose of enhancing their own reputations. Catch-22 is a bitter, anguished joke of a novel that embraces the existential absurdity of war without ever quite succumbing to it.L.G.
From the TIME Archive: Heller can write with a fire not often found in today's muted mood-piece novels TIME Magazine, Oct. 27, 1961 (Read This Review) Next: The Catcher in the Rye » More From the Archive: Great Books for Grown-Ups (6/10/46) Dirty Book of the Month (4/22/66) How and What to Read (10/2/72) Dame Agatha: Queen of the Maze (1/26/76) Rediscovering the Joy of Text (4/21/97) Harry Potter Archive Collection Writers in TIME Archive Collection
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