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'''Catch-22''' is a bitterly satirical anti-war novel by Joseph Heller (1961).  It deals with American bombardier John Yossarian.  Yossarian is stationed on the Italian island of Pianosa during [[World War II]].  He attempts to get out of flying more combat missions by pretending to be crazy.  The problem is, only a sane man would want to get out of combat, therefore Yossarian cannot be considered crazy.

'''''Catch-22''''' is a bitterly satirical anti-war novel by [[Joseph Heller]] (1961).  It deals with American bombardier John Yossarian.  Yossarian is stationed on the Italian island of Pianosa during [[World War II]].  He attempts to get out of flying more combat missions by pretending to be crazy.  The problem is, only a sane man would want to get out of combat, therefore Yossarian cannot be considered crazy.

The term 'Catch-22' has come to mean an unwinnable situation.

The term "Catch-22" has come to mean an unwinnable situation.

===''Catch-22'' Controversies===

===''Catch-22'' Controversies===

In April [[1998]], Lewis Pollock wrote to ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' for clarification as to "the amazing similarity of characters, personality traits, eccentricities, physical descriptions, personnel injuries and incidents" in ''Catch-22'' and a novel published in England in 1951. The book that spawned the request was written by [[Louis Falstein]] and titled ''[[The Sky is a Lonely Place]]'' in Britain and ''[[Face of a Hero]]'' in the United States. Falstein's novel was available two years before Heller wrote the first chapter of ''Catch-22'' ([[1953]]) while he was a student at [[Oxford]]. ''The Times'' stated: "Both have central characters who are using their wits to escape the aerial carnage; both are haunted by an omnipresent injured airman, invisible inside a white body cast". Stating he had never read Falstein's novel, or heard of him,[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_19980428/ai_n10413175] Heller said: "My book came out in 1961[;] I find it funny that nobody else has noticed any similarities, including Falstein himself, who died just last year"(''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[April 27]], [[1998]]).  

In April 1998, Lewis Pollock wrote to ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' for clarification as to "the amazing similarity of characters, personality traits, eccentricities, physical descriptions, personnel injuries and incidents" in ''Catch-22'' and a novel published in England in 1951. The book that spawned the request was written by [[Louis Falstein]] and titled ''[[The Sky is a Lonely Place]]'' in Britain and ''[[Face of a Hero]]'' in the United States. Falstein's novel was available two years before Heller wrote the first chapter of ''Catch-22'' (1953) while he was a student at [[Oxford]]. ''The Times'' stated: "Both have central characters who are using their wits to escape the aerial carnage; both are haunted by an omnipresent injured airman, invisible inside a white body cast". Stating he had never read Falstein's novel, or heard of him,[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_19980428/ai_n10413175] Heller said: "My book came out in 1961[;] I find it funny that nobody else has noticed any similarities, including Falstein himself, who died just last year"(''[[The Washington Post]]'', April 27, 1998).  

==Film Adaptations==

==Film Adaptations==

==References==

==References==

*Heller, Joseph.  ''Catch-22''.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961.

*Heller, Joseph.  ''Catch-22''.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961.

*Falstein, Louis. ''Face of a Hero", 1951.

*Falstein, Louis. ''Face of a Hero'', 1951.

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