![]() ![]() ![]() It is not even a good novel by conventional standards. “ Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, is not an entirely successful novel. Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you. Here’s a look back at one of the very first reviews of Catch-22, published ahead of the novel’s release in 1961, in which New York Times book critic Orville Prescott declares it to be “a dazzling performance that will probably outrage nearly as many readers as it delights.” Oh, and it’s also sold somewhere in the region of 10 million copies. This week marks the 60th publication anniversary of Joseph Heller’s seminal satirical war novel, Catch-22.Ī madcap, tragicomic tale of “malingering bombardier” antihero Captain John Yossarian and his compatriots in the fictional 256th US Army Air Squadron, Heller’s controversial (and oft-banned) debut novel became a publishing sensation in the early 1960s and has, in the decades since, spawned a feature film, a miniseries, a 50-character stage play, and, of course, a titular paradoxical concept. ![]()
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