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Catch 22

By: Joseph Heller
Narrated by: Trevor White
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Nominated for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2008.

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.

©1961 Joseph Heller (P)2008 Hachette Audio Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Jewish Heritage Veteran Creators War & Military Witty Funny Thought-Provoking Military War US Army Air Force
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Critic reviews

"The greatest satirical work in the English language since Erewhon. ( Observer)
"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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I'm not easily impressed but every aspect of this audiobook is just excellent. I haven't read the book in print but I'd recommend this audiobook to anyone as it's just so well narrated.

Best audiobook I've ever listened to!

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Funniest book I've ever read. See a lot off where Adams and Pratchet get it

Side-splitting

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I had been trying to read this book for years but found that using the audible version was a lot easier! It's a crazy story of crazy times and even crazier characters but definitely worth the read as a 20th century classic

A long and complicated comedy but worth it

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That I struggled through this audiobook is a testament to the skill of both author and narrator.

I found it very hard going to begin with but as the story went on and I got more used to the style I had to continue. There were many MANY times I was tempted to give up and return it but something always kept me hitting play again. The story is excruciatingly slowly drip-fed but as you go on more pieces of the puzzle are revealed and you want to hear what happens next.

The writing style is very particular and absolutely perfect for the subject matter. The dialogue, with it's dizzying twists of logic, is a joy to listen to. I don't think I'd have persevered if I was reading the book but to hear it read aloud, and read well is great fun.

Trevor White's narraton is superb. The list of characters is immense, many of whom have US accents so to hear voices so distinct that you can picture a group of people talking is astonishing. That said, there were times when the voice lacked the exact vocal nuance as described. Have a listen and you'll see why I gave him 5/5 despite that.

I am definitely going to listen to Catch 22 again.

Hated it until I loved it

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Found is really hard to get through until around half way. Found it quite difficult to follow as it jumps around everywhere and had so many characters but the tone and prose is really good and I did find it far easier to read in the latter half

Great but a hard read

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