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Summary: Best book of this century
Review: This is is funniest book I am working on finishing. It is also frightening when I sit back and think about it. It is like.. I laughed at death and destruction, people actually getting blown up hahahahahahaha. Every page makes me laugh so hard I can never get to the end, because I keep on flipping back. For example, the fish dream section, I read that about 30 times and I can practically recite it now. I can recite a lot of it actually. Anyways, just read this book. There are a lot of big words. My favorite is concupiscent among others..... hehehe
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Summary: One of the few must-read post-WW2 American Novels
Review: In Catch-22, Joseph Heller created a hero, Yossarian, who will go down as one of the great heroes in history becuase he is adamantly unheroic. If that seems like a paradox, it is, but it is only one of many in this hilaroius novel. This book is considered to be a stylistic masterpiece becuase Heller creates huge, laugh-out-loud funny moments by describing everyday situations in a way, and with a certain tone, that makes them seem ridiculous. Everything from standing at attention to picking up prostitutes while on leave is funny in this book, and the truly amazing thing is that Heller does all of this while at the same time bitterly satirizing the military, big business, and the lunacy of combat itself.
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Summary: Like Vonnegut?
Review: To anyone with a sweet-tooth for satire of the highest sort:Stop reading reviews and get your hands on a copy. It might very well change your outlook on war, and life, forever.
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Summary: Long But A Good Laugh
Review: Catch-22 has to be one of the funniest books that I have ever read. While I was reading it, I would burst out and start laughing because this book was so humorous. Unfortunately, I dislike reading long books. But this is one long book that I am happy I finished. It was fun to see how stupid the military can be and how shallow people are. Yossarian was a true anti-hero who made the novel enjoyable...as well as Orr and Nately's whore...they really drove me nuts. Well, I recommend this book to anyone who has a month to waste and wants a good laugh.
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Summary: The Best Book I Have Ever Read
Review: This book is so incredibly funny and yet is shocking. It simply is a must-read.
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Summary: Thinkers, unite!
Review: In response to Toronto: There is not "lighter" side of war. Heller was trying, and succeeded in proving, that war is senseless and absurd. Obviously, you didn't get it. To all those out there with thinking, questioning minds: read this book, it will not disappoint.
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Summary: Incredibly Funny!!!!!
Review: This book has to be one of the best I've ever read! (in its style anyway) It really knocks war, society, and religion, but it's done in an amazing way. Everytime I'd pick it up, I'd get weird looks from people when I started laughing out loud! The humor isn't dated and anyone can understand it. The plot structur is screwy... and a little unorthodox... but in a GOOD way. I think it helps convey his themes. But it is DEFINETLY a good read- A real American Classic!
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Summary: This book is the reason that I read books.
Review: Catch 22 is a timeless book; a book whose relevance remains tactile to all criticisms of established power structures. Heller has provided his main protagonist, Yossarian, with a representative voice of the disaffected, disillusioned and downright dishonest. The humour of the book is grounded in realism, whilst the realism itself is possibly grounded in both sadness and humility. No more than Joyce's Ullysees, I could read it a hundred times (and may well do) and still find something new in it. I love this book and all that it stands for.
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Summary: THE MOST READABLE BOOK EVER WRITTEN
Review: I have been reading regularly since I was 16 which was when I first came across Joseph Heller's Catch-22. Twenty four years and many many copies later I still read this book and find it as lovable and entertaining as the first time. Tremendously funny, horrific, sad, wise and silly at the same time, Catch-22 is simply magnificent, a masterpiece, you never want it to end.
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Summary: DON'T WAIT, READ IT NOW!!!
Review: It is one of the greatest book I ever read. It teaches everything one needs to know about life, mainly catch-22. If you haven't read it yet, you don't know what you are missing. I'm sure this book will give you a whole new reading experience. Hillarious, Funny, yet Disturbing.
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