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Catch-22 (50th anniversary ed)

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Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him.

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.

If Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions then he is caught in Catch-22: if he flies he is crazy, and doesn't have to; but if he doesn't want to he must be sane and has to.

That's some catch...

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Vintage Classics
0099529122 / 9780099529125
Paperback / softback
813.54
23/06/2011
United Kingdom
English
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536 p.
20 cm
Quiz No: 151856, Points 30.00, Book Level 7.10,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More