Catch-22

  • Author: Joseph Heller
  • Narrator: Jay O. Sanders
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 19:58:09
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Synopsis

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

Soon to be a Hulu limited series starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh Laurie.

Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books 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.

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller’s personal archive; and much more. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature.

Chapters

  • Catch22 21 Chapter20

    Duration: 26min
  • Catch22 22 Chapter21

    Duration: 43min
  • Catch22 23 Chapter22

    Duration: 38min
  • Catch22 24 Chapter23

    Duration: 31min
  • Catch22 25 Chapter24

    Duration: 43min
  • Catch22 26 Chapter25

    Duration: 53min
  • Catch22 27 Chatper26

    Duration: 17min
  • Catch22 28 Chapter27

    Duration: 32min
  • Catch22 29 Chapter28

    Duration: 30min
  • Catch22 30 Chapter29

    Duration: 30min
  • Catch22 31 Chapter30

    Duration: 29min
  • Catch22 32 Chapter31

    Duration: 11min
  • Catch22 33 Chapter32

    Duration: 14min
  • Catch22 34 Chapter33

    Duration: 20min
  • Catch22 35 Chapter34

    Duration: 19min
  • Catch22 36 Chapter35

    Duration: 21min
  • Catch22 37 Chapter36

    Duration: 34min
  • Catch22 38 Chapter37

    Duration: 04min
  • Catch22 39 Chapter38

    Duration: 32min
  • Catch22 40 Chapter39

    Duration: 47min
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