HELLER, Joseph.

£600 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Catch-22. First UK edition of this satirical masterpiece, in the second state dust jacket with American reviews printed on the rear panel (the first state prints an extract from the work). Based on Heller's wartime experiences in the United States Army Air Corps, Catch-22 is a classic of anti-war literature."Catch-22 was more than an antiwar book. Couched in humor reminiscent of a vaudeville act, it satirized militarism, nationalism, patriotism, discipline, ambition, loyalty, money, big business, sex, religion, mankind, and God. It questioned the values deeply held by the post-World War II generation by stating that dying for your country was futile, that leaders are fools who cannot be trusted, and that capitalism made victims of us all" (ANB).

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