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  1. Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is the 1961 novel Catch-22 , a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice.

  2. Joseph Heller was an American writer whose novel Catch-22 (1961) was one of the most significant works of protest literature to appear after World War II. The satirical novel was a popular success, and a film version appeared in 1970.

  3. Joseph Heller was a popular and respected writer whose first and best-known novel, Catch-22 (1961), was considered a classic piece of literature in the second half of the twentieth century.

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    Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. It is his debut novel . He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961.

  5. 4 days ago · Catch-22, satirical novel by American writer Joseph Heller, published in 1961. The work centers on Captain John Yossarian, stationed in the Mediterranean during World War II, and chronicles his desperate attempts to stay alive, as he concocts ever more inventive ways of escaping his missions.

  6. Joseph Heller has 59 books on Goodreads with 1978211 ratings. Joseph Hellers most popular book is Catch-22.

  7. Nov 10, 2021 · Joseph Heller’s key sentence is this: ‘Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.’ His story is a satirical denunciation of war and of mankind that glorifies war and wages war cruelly, stupidly, selfishly.

  8. Joseph Heller By RICHARD SEVERO and HERBERT MITGANG oseph Heller, the author of "Catch-22," the darkly comic 1961 novel that became a universal metaphor not only for the insanity of war, but...

  9. Apr 5, 2011 · This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Hellers masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Hellers personal archive; and much more.

  10. Dec 14, 1999 · Joseph Heller, whose 1961 novel Catch-22 became American classic and universal metaphor for madness of life itself, dies at age 76; obituary article recalls novel, based on Heller's experiences...

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