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With a new preface by the author Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novels strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Hellers classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furiou With a new preface by the author Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novels strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Hellers classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him. Joseph Hellers bestselling novel is a hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one mans efforts to survive it.