When I first started reading seriously as a senior in high school I asked one of teachers, who I thought was cool to recommend me a book.
I was into the modernists at the time, Hemingway, Maugham, F Scott etc. Catch 22 was definitely not the answer I was looking for.
Now forty years later, yesterday, for some unfathomable reason it popped into my head that I should read it. And I want to read it.
So to you all who have read it am I setting myself up for disappointment? Was I right to ignore this book for so long.
At this point I am pretty well versed in post modernism also. Catch 22 is a chunk of a book and I haven’t heard much praise lately for it.
What do you think?
by Gur10nMacab33
3 Comments
Catch 22 is one of the greatest American novels. Read it.
Catch-22 is so fucking funny. You may not like it, but if you haven’t encountered Heller’s style before I’d recommend it, and if you don’t like it you don’t have to finish it.
One of my very favorites. Hard to compare to Hemingway and the crew in my opinion. Hope you find it as sad and hilarious as I did.