Features a satirical indicement of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. This work tells a tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive.

Presents the tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive. This novel is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it.

Published in 1961, this book presents a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. It is the tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive.

Bob Slocum is a promising executive and society demands that he should be happy. But his wife is a drunken flirt and his daughter wages her own cunning campaign against him. Slocum's soliloquy moves to a shocking climax as fate hands him a tragic focus for his despair.

One of the great novels of the twentieth century -- a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it.

The previously uncollected writings of Joseph Heller, including hitherto unpublished stories, lost chapters from CATCH-22 and further tales from that novel's unforgettable 'hero', Yossarian.

Revisiting many of the characters of Catch-22 , Joseph Heller's Closing Time is a darkly funny depiction of the moral collapse of the Western world. It features ageing versions of Yossarian, Milo and Sammy Singer and others fighting not the Germans, but The End .

This story exposes the absurdity of war by applying its own demented logic to America's involvement in Korea. The catch is that soldiers must claim to be mad in order to get out of fighting - but being capable of making such a claim automatically proves them sane.

Features explanations of themes, motifs, and symbols, analyses of characters and quotes, plot summaries and analysis, an exploration of historical context, and facts and essay topics.

An Introduction to Hellerwork for Regaining Flexibility and Well-Being.

A collection of early works, previously unpublished stories and lost chapters of "Catch-22" which charts Heller's development as a genius. This book also explores the consequences in the later stories of Yossarian and Heller's non-fiction pieces, in which the author reflects upon his childhood.