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First edition in fist issue dust jacket. Near fine with bumping at the spine ends in very good rubbed dust jacket with moderate creasing, tears and small nicks at the spine ends and topedge of rear panel. The author's first novel, whose satiric anti-war attitude set the tone for the 1960s, and whose title quickly became part of the language.

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.