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New York: Delacorte Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An unbelievable association copy of Heller's own stage adaptation of his most enduring novel, here inscribed over two pages to Alan Arkin, the actor who played Yossarian in the original movie adaptation. The play based on Catch-22 was written by Heller and first performed in 1971; this version is illustrated throughout with stills from the original cast performance by the John Drew Repertory Company in Long Island, New York. Alan Arkin's son Adam "was cast as all five young men who die" (p. xxiii). Heller's preface, which fills seventeen pages, relates the overall theme of the novel (and play)—"unchecked uses of authority in an atmosphere of war"—to what would be described today as the weaponization of the justice system; in this case against Nixon's opponents. Heller writes about Muhammad Ali, Daniel Berrigan, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Bobby Seale, the Chicago Seven, Daniel Ellsberg, and Angela…

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.

Look for the statement 'First printing' and absence of additional printings listed, dust jacket priced at $5.95, published by Simon & Schuster.