Book Club: Catch-22 (1961)


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Joseph Heller and Catch-22 is the next novel we'll be discussing. It is 7th best of all time.
I haven't read this one yet, and it's satire, which is one of my favorite genres.
One of my favorite books is Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis and I'm re-reading it again right now. It satirizes American industrialization and the conformity that brought, the unseemly worship of production and business, along with middle class life in general and social climbing. This is the fourth time I've read it in my life and every time I fall in love with it all over again. I recommend you pick a book that really means the world to you and re-read it every 10 years or so. It's rewarding to see my own changes as I get older and wiser reflected in passages that feel completely new.
Anyway, back to business. Catch-22 satirizes war and is set during WWII. Wikipedia: "It uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, describing events from the points of view of different characters. The separate storylines are out of sequence so the timeline develops along with the plot."
I've noticed that a lot of the all-time great novels kind of make the reader work for it haha. I'm OK with that and I hope you are too!
Join me from your toasty warm home & let's discuss this one.

Book Club: Catch-22 (1961)