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Catch-22 (Paperback)

by Joseph Heller (Author)
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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (6 Oct 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099477319
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099477310
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (145 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 458 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of three, 24 Jun 2008
Believe it or not, my parents recommended this book to me. All I can say is, for once they were right. I've only read two other books that so blew me away in their conception and execution and those were "Clockwork Orange" and "Barring Some Unforeseen Accident" by McCrae. But even those can't compare to "Catch 22. What a wild ride this well crafted book is. To say it's thought-provoking is a cliche, but there it is. Sort of like "1984" probably was before 1984. Some have likened this to MASH and the Korean war, and I can see those similarities, but the book is really meant to be read on a much broader level; a level of humanity in general and not one specific event or time period. The book is funny and challenging, but that seems to me to be what one would be looking for in a great novel. There's reason this book has been around for eons--it's simply a great novel that holds up to the test of time.
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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic piece of writing!, 13 Jan 2004
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This is just a great book. Its not an easy read, you do have to concentrate and the language at times is tough going, but if you do take your time over it and allow yourself to appreciate what is going on and what Heller is trying to do, then you will enjoy reading this book. The nature of its topic makes you sad, so much death and suffering is obviously quite depressing but at the same time it makes you laugh out loud. Some of the characters are superb and some of the quite ridiculous conversations with all their contradictions that take place are fantastic. The lasting memory of this book though is its conclusion, i can read those last few pages again and again because it gives you hope, that through all that madness, all the stupidity and death which occured, you can survive and come thorugh it all ok. Catch 22 is a brilliant read, i thouroughly recommend you give it a go and read it again and again.
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22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Uniquely itself and somewhat brilliant, 30 Sep 2000
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I've read quite a large number of mid 20th Century books which are now referred to as classics and just about all of them disappointed in some way or other. This one never did.

Some have said that the characters in Catch-22 are both impossible and unbelievable. Whilst the way in which the characters fit together to form the story may seem somewhat unlikely I never found that any individual character became completely unbelievable. Having said that the characters are believable I can also say that in most ways the entire book is, I constantly thought, "it couldn't happen, could it?", and was quite worried that it probably could. To find out what could or could not you would have to read the book, I don't think any description (and certainly not mine) could adequately convey it.

As a whole I can't believe that nobody ever recommended that I read this novel, I would recommend that everybody who can does.

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