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 01 Open

    Duration: 31s
  • Catch22 02 Chapter1

    Duration: 23min
  • Catch22 03 Chapter2

    Duration: 14min
  • Catch22 04 Chapter3

    Duration: 25min
  • Catch22 05 Chapter4

    Duration: 19min
  • Catch22 06 Chapter5

    Duration: 29min
  • Catch22 07 Chapter6

    Duration: 22min
  • Catch22 08 Chapter7

    Duration: 19min
  • Catch22 09 Chapter8

    Duration: 35min
  • Catch22 10 Chapter9

    Duration: 57min
  • Catch22 11 Chapter10

    Duration: 17min
  • Catch22 12 Chapter11

    Duration: 17min
  • Catch22 13 Chapter12

    Duration: 32min
  • Catch22 14 Chapter13

    Duration: 23min
  • Catch22 15 Chapter14

    Duration: 12min
  • Catch22 16 Chapter15

    Duration: 21min
  • Catch22 17 Chapter16

    Duration: 32min
  • Catch22 18 Chapter17

    Duration: 28min
  • Catch22 19 Chapter18

    Duration: 25min
  • Catch22 20 Chapter19

    Duration: 28min
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