![]() ![]() ![]() A television adaptation, co-directed by and starring George Clooney, aired on Channel 4 in June 2019. One of the great satirical novels in Western literature, Catch-22 is an absurdist condemnation of armed conflict and a rallying cry against the arbitrary authority of those in power. But with the warped logic of Catch-22 ringing in his head and a cast of eccentric, deluded and just plain crazy comrades snapping at his heels, he begins to wonder whether he is ever going to be allowed to go home again. ![]() Spinning giddily amidst a morass of specious rules and pointless regulations he attempts to maintain a tenuous grip on his sanity, whilst not losing his life on another fruitless mission. There was only one catch and that was Catch-22Ĭaptain John Yossarian, reluctant US army bombardier, is stuck on a Mediterranean island in the dog days of the Second World War. 'Catch-22 is one of this centurys greatest works of American literature. 'The greatest satirical work in the English language' - The Observer ![]()
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