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In my opinion Catch-22 being a dark comedy about the insanity of war was one of my favorite books. The charecters were very well developed, the plot was very well done, and the writing was superb.

I have shared my thoughts and ideas on this book with many people, the majority of people who i talked to said they enjoyed this book, but a few said the found it slow, and lack the backbone of a really novel.

What are your guys/girl's opinion on this book if you have read it, and/or do you have any books resembling this book?

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I love Catch-22, it's my all-time favourite book.

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Catch-22 is actually my favorite book too. Its more then war even though its a bit of an "anti-war" book

It deals alot with not only how the war is crazy, but life in general. WHo are we? What is our identity. Is he a black eye or a feather in the cap

Comedy, for sure. I wish someone would do a good movie on the book

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I read some other Heller books but while good, they weren't nearly as great as Catch-22. Of course Heller wrote a quote something like "If you write catch-22, how can you ever expect to write something better?"

Whats cool was that Heller and Vonnegut, while not only contempories were also friends and would sometimes drink together. I would love to sip on some Johnny with them. Too bad one's dead and the other one is smoking 2 packs of unfiltered pallmalls a day

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"Does Nihilism have a future?"
"Uh... Oi Oi Oi!!!"

Hmm...well I like the band Catch 22...but I can see this is not the right place to talk about that...lol, yep I am a dumbass...the book was good, not great but good.

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I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that I've never read Catch-22, although it's been sitting on my bookshelf for years. I just never seem to be in the mood for a 'war story.' Speaking of other Heller books, has anyone read God Knows? It's one of my twice-read books and I laughed through it both times. If, as Oracle says, Catch-22 is even better, maybe it's time I cracked its cover.

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I consider Catch-22 to be on the list of great books I have read.
It appears that the original working title for this work was Catch-18.
Joseph Heller
American writer, who gained world fame with his satirical, anti-war novel CATCH-22 (1961), set in the World War II Italy. The book was partly based on Heller's own experiences and influenced Robert Altman's comedy M*A*S*H, and the subsequent long-running TV series, set in the Korean War. The phrase "catch-22" has entered the English language to signify an individual's entrapment in a no-win situation, particularly one created by an institutional regulation.

NO LAUGHING MATTER (1986), written with Speed Vogel, was a surprisingly cheerful account of Heller's experience as a victim of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Heller died of a heart attack at his home on Long Island in December 13,1999.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/heller.htm

And about Kurt Vonnegut, in an interview a few years ago:
He smoked unfiltered Pall Malls throughout the interview. When he laughs, which he does frequently, he squeezes his face up horizontally in the wide-open grin of the Cheshire Cat. He is always ready to pounce with a joke, and the loudest laugh, like the last, is always his.
http://www.salon.com/books/int/1999/10/ ... interview/

Hi,

First time poster, long time reader.

Although Catch-22 is my favourite novel, Heller's wrote some other good one's. I thought the sequel to Catch-22 (Closing Time) was okay, but I really liked "A Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man". Very funny book.

I also once read an interview with Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut together. I remember that as being quite funny too. I think I found it on Google.

Here's that interview.

http://www.vonnegutweb.com/vonnegutia/i ... eller.html