| Front | Catch-22 |
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| Back | Joseph Heller 1961 its non-chronological plotting technique, intended to emphasize the displacement that war produces, makes for a disjointed, fragmented narrative finally he decided to deserts to Sweden Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century,[2] it uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, describing events from the points of view of different characters. The separate storylines are out of sequence so the timeline develops along with the plot. |
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