Catch-22 (PB) - TV tie-in - B-format

Soon to be a major tv series starring George Clooney and Hugh Laurie! A cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest and most celebrated novels of all time; in recent years it has been named one of the best novels ever written in English by Time magazine, the Modern Library, and the Observer. Catch-22 has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 21 languages. - Yossarian, a Bombardier in the US Air Force, is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. His real problem is not the enemy - it is his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. If Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions then he is caught in Catch-22: if he flies he is crazy, and doesn't have to; but if he doesn't want to he must be sane and has to. That's some catch...