Catcb-22 is like no other novel.Itis one of the funniest books ever written,a Key-stone work in American literature,and even added a new term to the dictionary.
At the heart of Catcb-22resides the incomparable,malingering bombardier,Yos-sarian,a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war.His efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously scrambles,thousands of people he hasnt even met are trying to kill him.His problem is Colonel Cathcart, who keepsraising the number of missions the men must fly to complete the ir service.Yet if Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions that he is committed to flying,he is trapped by the Great Loy-alty Oath Crusade,the hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule from which the booktakes its title:a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions,the very act ofmaking the request proves that he is sane and therefore inel-igible to be relieved.
catcb-22is a microcosm of the twentieth-century world as it might look to some-one dangerously sane-a masterpiece of our time.
"A monumental artifact of contemporary American literature,almost as assured of longevity as the statues on Easter Island…Catcb-22is a novel that reminds us once again of all that we have taken for granted in our world and should not,the madness we try not to bother and notice ,the deceptions and falsehoods we lack the will to try todistinguish from truth"
——Tbe New York Times Book Review
【作者简介】
JOSEPH HELLER,was born in Brooklyn in 1923.In 1961,he published Catcb-22,which became a bestseller and,in 1970,a film,He went on to write such novels as Sometbing Happened,God Knows,Picture Tbis,Closing Time(the sequel to Catcb-22),and Portrait of an Arti
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