Explosive subversive wild and funny 50 years on the novels strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Hellers classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him. Joseph Hellers bestselling novel is a hilarious and tragic satire on military madness and the tale of one mans efforts to survive it.
