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**AS SEEN ON BBC TWO'S BETWEEN THE COVERS**

Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.

It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.

But the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem - it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening 'Catch-22' that allows for no possibility of escape.

'The greatest satirical work in the English language' Observer



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Wildly original, brutally gruesome, a dazzling performance that will outrage as many readers as it delights. Vulgarly, bitterly funny, it will not be forgotten by those who can take it * New York Times *
Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny and fantastically unique. No one has ever written a book like this * Financial Times *
Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny, and fantastically unique. No one has ever written a book like this * Financial Times *
An apocalyptic masterpiece * Chicago Times *
It is the Rock and Roll of novels -- Norman Mailer

Catch-22: As recommended on BBC2’s Between the

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 6 June 2019
      ISBN-13 9781784875848
      978-1784875848
      ISBN-10 1784875848
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      **AS SEEN ON BBC TWO'S BETWEEN THE COVERS**

      Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.

      It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, each flight mission introduces him to thousands of people determined to kill him.

      But the enemy above is not Yossarian's problem - it is his own army intent on keeping him airborne, and the maddening 'Catch-22' that allows for no possibility of escape.

      'The greatest satirical work in the English language' Observer



      Trade Review
      Wildly original, brutally gruesome, a dazzling performance that will outrage as many readers as it delights. Vulgarly, bitterly funny, it will not be forgotten by those who can take it * New York Times *
      Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny and fantastically unique. No one has ever written a book like this * Financial Times *
      Blessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny, and fantastically unique. No one has ever written a book like this * Financial Times *
      An apocalyptic masterpiece * Chicago Times *
      It is the Rock and Roll of novels -- Norman Mailer

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