Catch-22. (Enduring Favorites).
Heller, Joseph Heller, Joseph, 1923–99, American writer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Heller is best known for his first novel, Catch-22 (1961). Set in World War II, it is a darkly humorous commentary on the illogic of war and bureaucracy. . CATCH-22. The story of Yossarian Yossarian
always creating new ways to stay alive through long war. [Am. Lit.: Catch-22]
See : Endurance , a bombardier who is too smart to die, but not smart enough to get himself discharged from the war he thinks is insane INSANE. One deprived of the use of reason, after he has arrived at the age when he ought to have it, either by a natural defect or by accident. Domat, Lois Civ. Lib. prel. tit. 2, s. 1, n. 11. . Timely.
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