{"product_id":"catch-22-joseph-heller","title":"Catch 22 (Joseph Heller)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished.  Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoseph Heller\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a bombardier in the Second World War and then attended New York University and Columbia University and then Oxford, the last on a Fullbright scholarship. He then taught for two years at Pennsylvania State University, before returning to New York, where he began a successful career in the advertising departments of \u003ci\u003eTime, Look\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMcCall's\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. It was during this time that he had the idea for \u003ci\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/i\u003e. Working on the novel in spare moments and evenings at home, it took him eight years to complete and was first published in 1961. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eSomething Happened\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1974, \u003ci\u003eGood As Gold\u003c\/i\u003e in 1979 and \u003ci\u003eClosing Time\u003c\/i\u003e in 1994. He is also the author of the play \u003ci\u003eWe Bombed in New Haven\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 544 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807971352925,"sku":"K065597857","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6559785700001A.jpg?v=1788497468","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/catch-22-joseph-heller","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}