Catch-22: Introduction by Malcolm Bradbury
Joseph Heller
Named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. One of the funniest books ever written, Joseph Heller's masterpiece about a bomber squadron in the Second World War's Italian theater features a gallery of magnificently strange characters seething with comic energy. The malingering hero, Yossarian, is endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war, and his story is studded with incidents and devices (including the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade and the hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule that gives the book its title) that propel the narrative in a headlong satiric rush. But the reason Catch-22's satire never weakens and its jokes never date stems not from the comedy itself but from the savage, unerring, Swiftian indignation out of which that comedy springs. This fractured anti-epic, with all its aggrieved humanity, has given us the most enduring image we have of modern warfare. This hardcover Everyman's Library edition includes an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury, a chronology of the author's life and times, and a select bibliography. It is printed on acid-free paper, with sewn bindings, full-cloth covers, foil stamping, and a silk ribbon marker. Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Joseph HellerPublisher: Everyman's LibraryPublished: 10/17/1995ISBN: 9780679437222Pages: 624Weight: 1.42lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.28w x 1.37dReview Citations: Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 150Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 16708 / Catch-22Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 30
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Joseph Heller
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: 10/17/1995
ISBN: 9780679437222
Pages: 624
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.28w x 1.37d
Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 150
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 16708 / Catch-22
Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 30
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Joseph Heller
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: 10/17/1995
ISBN: 9780679437222
Pages: 624
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.28w x 1.37d
Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 150
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 16708 / Catch-22
Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 30
Book Title
Catch-22: Introduction by Malcolm Bradbury
ISBN
9780679437222
Named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
One of the funniest books ever written, Joseph Heller's masterpiece about a bomber squadron in the Second World War's Italian theater features a gallery of magnificently strange characters seething with comic energy. The malingering hero, Yossarian, is endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war, and his story is studded with incidents and devices (including the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade and the hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule that gives the book its title) that propel the narrative in a headlong satiric rush. But the reason Catch-22's satire never weakens and its jokes never date stems not from the comedy itself but from the savage, unerring, Swiftian indignation out of which that comedy springs. This fractured anti-epic, with all its aggrieved humanity, has given us the most enduring image we have of modern warfare. This hardcover Everyman's Library edition includes an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury, a chronology of the author's life and times, and a select bibliography. It is printed on acid-free paper, with sewn bindings, full-cloth covers, foil stamping, and a silk ribbon marker.Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Joseph Heller
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: 10/17/1995
ISBN: 9780679437222
Pages: 624
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.28w x 1.37d
Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 150
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 16708 / Catch-22
Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 30
Named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.
One of the funniest books ever written, Joseph Heller's masterpiece about a bomber squadron in the Second World War's Italian theater features a gallery of magnificently strange characters seething with comic energy. The malingering hero, Yossarian, is endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war, and his story is studded with incidents and devices (including the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade and the hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule that gives the book its title) that propel the narrative in a headlong satiric rush. But the reason Catch-22's satire never weakens and its jokes never date stems not from the comedy itself but from the savage, unerring, Swiftian indignation out of which that comedy springs. This fractured anti-epic, with all its aggrieved humanity, has given us the most enduring image we have of modern warfare. This hardcover Everyman's Library edition includes an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury, a chronology of the author's life and times, and a select bibliography. It is printed on acid-free paper, with sewn bindings, full-cloth covers, foil stamping, and a silk ribbon marker.Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Joseph Heller
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: 10/17/1995
ISBN: 9780679437222
Pages: 624
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.28w x 1.37d
Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 150
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 16708 / Catch-22
Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 30