catch-22

     

Catch-22 is a satirical, historical novel by the American author Joseph Heller, first publishe in 1961. The novel, set during the later stages of World War II from 1943 onwards, is frequently cited as one of the great literary works of the Twentieth century.

Trivia about catch-22

  • Major Major is commander of an Air Force squadron in this WWII novel
  • Its working title was "Catch-18"
  • This 1961 novel by Joseph Heller takes place on the island of Pianosa
  • Joseph Heller based his play "Clevinger's Trial" on chapter 8 of this, his most famous novel
  • This 1961 Joseph Heller novel was set on the island of Pianosa during WWII
  • It begins, "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him"
  • "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him"
  • In this Joseph Heller novel, Captain Yossarian pleads insanity in an attempt to get grounded from flying
  • "It was love at first sight" Yossarian felt for the chaplain in this novel
  • Joseph Heller used the Mediterranean island of Pianosa as the setting for this 1961 WWII novel
  • This now-popular term for a situation with no solution was also the title of a 1961 novel
  • Major Major Major is a major character in this book
  • The title of this Joseph Heller novel has come to mean an impossible situation
  • Troubled Air Force Captain John Yossarian
  • 1961:"Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he's in his office"
  • Heller of a book/Gotta be crazy to fly/Major Major Gripes
  • "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him"
  • Absurdist novel about a bombardier
  • In this 1961 war novel, you'll find a captain who doesn't want to fly & a major who hides from his men
  • "If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; if he didn't want to he was sane and had to"
  • 1970:A bombardier desperately tries to prove his insanity in order to get out of bombing missions
  • Heller:"Yossarian jumped... the knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off"
  • In "Closing Time", the sequel to this novel, Yossarian lives in Manhattan, not far from Milo Minderbinder
  • This 1961 title became a term for illogical bureaucratic rule

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