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My 6th Book of 2016
(Read from March 17 to 20, 2016)
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50th Anniversary Edition
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—novels of all time. In recent years it has been named to “best novels” lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer.
Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But 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. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he’s assigned, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.
Since its publication in 1961, no novel has matched Catch-22’s intensity and brilliance in depicting the brutal insanity of war. This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical responses and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller’s personal archive; and a selection of advertisements from the original publishing campaign that helped turn Catch-22 into a cultural phenomenon. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature.
Description of the book from https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0048WQDIE/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title#nav-subnav
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My Overall Reading Experience
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I realize that rereading CATCH 22 is just one of my insane behavior which was triggered by My List of Books to Read Now and Beyond. As a result, I have to force myself to read through it again… experiencing maddening insanity, absurdity, and monotonously repetitiveness.
My argument towards the end
of the book:
People is insane, Military is insane, war is insane, and probably life is insane, too. And I am insane... Insanity at its best.
Summary of the book:
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
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