Catch-22
Registered by whiskeyjane of Albuquerque, New Mexico USA on 5/14/2009
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
2 journalers for this copy...
FROM BACK COVER: Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a new term to the dictionary.
At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. His efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously scrambles, thousands of people he hasn't even met are trying to kill him. His problem is Colonel Cathcart, who keeps raising the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions that he is committed to flying, he is trapped by the Great Loyalty Oath Crusade, the hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule from which the book takes its title: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes the necessary formal request to be relieved of such missions, the very act of making the request proves that he is sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.
Catch-22 is a microcosm of the 20th-century world as it might look to some one dangerously sane - a masterpiece of our time.
At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. His efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously scrambles, thousands of people he hasn't even met are trying to kill him. His problem is Colonel Cathcart, who keeps raising the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions that he is committed to flying, he is trapped by the Great Loyalty Oath Crusade, the hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule from which the book takes its title: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes the necessary formal request to be relieved of such missions, the very act of making the request proves that he is sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.
Catch-22 is a microcosm of the 20th-century world as it might look to some one dangerously sane - a masterpiece of our time.
Journal Entry 2 by whiskeyjane at -- Mail or by hand -rings, RABCK, meetings, New Mexico USA on Friday, May 15, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (5/15/2009 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand -rings, RABCK, meetings, New Mexico USA
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CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES: In the mail to ciloma - RABCK. Saw it on her wishlist yesterday.WELCOME TO BOOKCROSSING Congratulations! You found a traveling book! This book has been set free. It is yours to keep or share. Please take a moment to make a journal entry to let me know the book has found a new home.
This one came in the mail today - THANX A BUNCH!!!
I read it. Some very humorous parts and some parts that made me shake my head. I wasn't 'captured' by it at all. My curiosity is appeased.
On it's way to Louisiana
