{"product_id":"heller-joseph-catch-22","title":"HELLER, Joseph. Catch–22.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHELLER, Joseph.\u003c\/strong\u003e Catch–22. \u003ci\u003eLondon: Jonathan Cape\u003c\/i\u003e. 1962\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, in the dust-jacket designed by Germano Facetti, priced 21s. to the front flap; pp. [2], 443, [3 (blank)]; toning to jacket spine, light rubbing to corners and spine ends with a chip (c. 4 x 3mm) to upper edge, rear panel slightly dusty, and very light spotting to top edge of textblock; a very good copy in like jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst UK edition, first printing of Heller's debut novel, one of the great works of post-war American fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet during the closing months of the Second World War, \u003ci\u003eCatch–22\u003c\/i\u003e centres upon Yossarian, a US Army Air Force bombardier increasingly exasperated by the bureaucratic logic of army command, which repeatedly raises the number of missions required to complete a tour of duty. His predicament is governed by the titular paradox whereby the willingness to fly missions is taken as proof of insanity and grounds for exemption, while attempts to avoid flying are taken as evidence of sanity, and therefore continued service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel's darkly comic exposure of military bureaucracy and moral absurdity soon established Heller as a major voice, and \u003ci\u003eCatch–22\u003c\/i\u003e as a stand-out work of postwar American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2125366\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Sotheran Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64205681262969,"sku":"2125366","price":375.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2125366.jpg?v=1786346015","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/heller-joseph-catch-22","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}