{"product_id":"catch-22-anniversary-50th-ed","title":"Catch-22 (Anniversary) (50TH ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"One of the most bitterly funny works in the language . . . Explosive, bitter, subversive, brilliant.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"To my mind, there have been two great American novels in the past fifty years. \n\u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e is one.\" --Stephen King, \n\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This novel is not merely the best American novel to come out of World War II, it is the best American novel that has come out of anywhere in years.\" --Nelson Algren, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"It's the rock and roll of novels . . . There's no book like it. . . . Surprisingly powerful.\" --Norman Mailer, \n\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"To call it the finest comic novel of our day is faulting it. If Joseph Heller writes no other book, he will be well remembered for this apocalyptic masterpiece.\" --Studs Terkel, \n\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Wildly original, brilliantly comic, brutally gruesome, it is a dazzling performance that will probably outrage nearly as many readers as it delights.\" --Orville Prescott, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"One of the greatest anti-war books ever written.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. In 1961, he published \n\u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e, which became a bestseller and, in 1970, a film. He went on to write such novels as \n\u003ci\u003eGood as Gold, God Knows, Picture This, Closing Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003ePortrait of an Artist, as an Old Man\u003c\/i\u003e. Heller died in 1999. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher Buckley is a novelist, essayist, humorist, critic, magazine editor, and memoirist. His books include \n\u003ci\u003eThank You for Smoking\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Judge Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eMake Russia Great Again\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Relic Master\u003c\/i\u003e. He worked as a merchant seaman and White House speechwriter. He was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor and the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e is the only war novel I've ever read that makes any sense.\" --Harper Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNow a Hulu limited series starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh Laurie.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifty 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eHeller, Joseph\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoseph Heller was born in Brooklyn in 1923. 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