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Joseph Heller
ISBN: 9780099529125
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
Edition: 50th Anniversary ed
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Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, this title tells the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him.
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 in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, "Catch-22" is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him. Joseph Heller's bestselling novel is a hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.
| ISBN | 0099529122 | | Pages | 544 | | ISBN13 | 9780099529125
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 380 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage Classics | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 23 Jun 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 34 | | DEWEY | 813.54 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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