Basis for the 1970 film directed by Mike Nichols. The phrase 'Catch-22', symbolizing the absurdity of all institutional logic, has become a permanent part of our language" (NYPL Books of the Century 177). Many consider the novel to be the definitive statement of the modern antiwar position. By the mid-1960's, it had become a cult classic among counterculture activists for its biting indictments of war. When the novel appeared in 1961, World War II veterans appreciated its satire of the military bureaucracy and chaos of war. In Heller's World War II, a supplies manager has more power than a general, and anyone seeking a discharge on the grounds of insanity is declared sane enough to keep on fighting. "Catch-22, Joseph Heller's first and best-known novel, depicts a military world turned upside down. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Signed limited first edition of HellerĂ¢ s classic first book.
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