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Book Review By bonzai
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Yossarian is a bombardier fighting in World War II for the US Army but his one wish is to stop fighting as a bombardier, in fact, to stop fighting completely in WWII for the US Army - especially as everybody is already out to kill him - or so he thinks. In trying to escape the rigours of military life, Yossarian begins to realise that madness may be bad but sanity, it seems, is even worse.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Life of a profession:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians Yes
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Conflict:

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Profession/status:
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - Italy
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - orgies
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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