A deep romance that changes your view of the ordinary world.

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Half a century has passed since the first publication, but Catch-22 is still a cornerstone the stone of American literature and one of the most celebrated books of all time. Time, Newsweek, Modern Library, London Observer have included it in their "best novels" lists, and it is #11 on the BBC's 200 Best Books list.

This the original story about the service of US Air Force pilots during the Second World War is full of absurd situations, equally absurd funny dialogues, crazy characters and absurd bureaucratic conflicts associated with some non-existent on paper, but no less effective "amendment-22" in the law stating that "anyone who wants to evade a combat mission is normal and, therefore, fit for combat" ...

This work can hardly be called just an anti-war novel. It is a deep and comprehensive satire of our everyday life, lifestyle and principles of a "civilized" society.

Copyright

© Joseph Heller, 1955, 1961

© Translated. A.A. Kistyakovsky, heirs, 2015

© Russian edition AST Publishers, 2019

© ℗ AST Publishing House LLC, Audiobook, 2021

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