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Octavo, 443 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Aged white spine with a blue rectangle with white lettering inside. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$5.95", has mild shelving wear, chipping along the head fore corners and rear head edge, mild wear along the rear tail edge, small open tears along the spine head edge, stains on the rear cover and spine, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the fore corners, light bumping along the rear tail fore corner, and moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges. Textblock has denting and water damage along the head edges of the front end-page to page 37, 108-131, and 188-226, moderate water damage throughout the tail edges along the gutter and hinges, a stain on the front end-page and pastedown, mild wear along the edges, moderate age-toning along the edges, faded red inking along the head edge. Signed flat by Joseph Heller on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Joseph Heller was born May 1, 1923 on Coney Island, Brooklyn, NYC to poor Jewish immigrants from Russia. Heller had an early love for writing, writing a story about the Soviet invasion of Finland, which was rejected by the "New York Daily News". Heller would join the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, performing over 60 missions flying a B-25 bomber. After graduating with an M.A. in English, Heller would work several jobs, writing as he worked, eventually coming up with the lines that would birth "Catch-22" in 1953. "Catch-22" would be published in 1961, a satirical war novel based in part on Joseph Heller's personal experiences during World War II. After publication, "Catch-22" became big amongst younger circles who felt the novel encapsulated feelings about the Vietnam War. "Catch-22" remains a popular novel into the modern day, many noting it's seeming prescience about the chaos of the world to come. 1390129. Special Collections.

Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller, first published in 1961. The novel is set during World War II, from 1942 to 1944, and follows Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier, and the other airmen in the camp, who attempt to maintain their sanity while fulfilling their service requirements so that they can return home.