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Catch 22
- Narrated by: Trevor White
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
At the heart of Joseph Heller's best-selling novel, first published in 1961, is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it.
This is the tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive. Yossarian is a bombardier in the 256th Squadron of the US Army Air Forces during World War II, stationed on Pianosa, a fictionalised island in the Mediterranean between mainland Italy and Corsica. The squadron's assignment is to bomb enemy positions in Italy and eastern France. Yossarian's mission is simply to stay alive.
Critic reviews
"Wildly original, and brutally gruesome, a dazzling performance that will outrage as many readers as it delights. Vulgarly, bitterly, savagely funny, it will not be forgotten by those who can take it." ( The New York Times)
"An apocalyptic masterpiece." ( Chicago Times)
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- BoxHands
- 10-10-17
Great book which looses some humour when spoken
The original book is one of my all time favourites that somehow manages to rationalise presumably irrational thought in such a way to think otherwise seems insane. some of the humour is lost in the spoken medium but a lot of confusion will be lifted by the reader putting on accents etc for each character for most new to this classic book of ironic, backwards thinking.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-02-22
Hilariously written and read!
loved every minute. loads of laughs with some joltingly poignant moments. Done 24 years in the military and some things haven't changed a bit 😂
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- Henrik Sandåker Tangen
- 10-12-19
Absurd, delightful and horrifying!
Expertly narrated, and highly recommended! Read the book far too long ago, and just watched the excellent mini-series. The narration in this audio book works incredibly well after watching the series, which surprised me a bit. Accents and tone sounds eerily like the actors in the series!
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- Hackney Girl
- 09-09-20
Essential reading (listening!)
Enhanced tremendously by the narrator, who is able to convey the sense of ridiculousness and despair so brilliantly.
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- nfc
- 16-06-23
Loved it
Darkly humorous and very clever. I enjoyed the converging strands of the story and the lively pace.
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- Andrea
- 08-04-23
Amazing all round
Great narration, no repetitions, the story is priceless.. amazingly entertaining, I would thoroughly recommend it!
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- Raythebike.
- 08-05-23
Entertaining chaos.
Loved listening to this audio book, the narrator took over the characters and never missed a beat conveying the story and mayhem of Catch 22.
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- Bruno Keyworth
- 22-12-23
Lots of great characters
This isn't a story with a strong emphasis on plot, although there are a lot of storylines that run through it and pop up from time to time. The story isn't told entirely in chronological order, more that parts of the story are told when they become thematically relevant. This may sound like an odd way to tell a story, but in this case it really works.
This book has a lot of characters who get significant attention, and they're all done really well. All of the characters are clearly distinct from each other, and lots of them are quite funny. The narrator here does a good job of differentiating character voices.
I would definitely recommend this.
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- Titouan Vervack
- 05-03-24
Absurd
I would use one word but Audible requires 15, so let’s make this longer: absurd.
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- A G R
- 03-02-13
Very well read
This novel lends itself well to being read aloud - there is a lot of dialogue - and White does a fantastic job, His voice is wonderful to listen to, evocative and full of character. I thoroughly recommend this version.
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