内容简介
Catcb-22islikenoothernovel.Itisoneofthefunniestbookseverwritten,aKey-stoneworkinAmericanliterature,andevenaddedanewtermtothedictionary.AttheheartofCatcb-22residestheincomparable,malingeringbombardier,Yos-sarian,aheroendlesslyinventiveinhisschemestosavehisskinfromthehorriblechancesofwar.Hiseffortsareperfectlyunderstandablebecauseashefuriouslyscrambles,thousandsofpeoplehehasntevenmetaretryingtokillhim.HisproblemisColonelCathcart,whokeepsraisingthenumberofmissionsthemenmustflytocompletetheirservice.YetifYossarianmakesanyattemptstoexcusehimselffromtheperilousmissionsthatheiscommittedtoflying,heistrappedbytheGreatLoy-altyOathCrusade,thehilariouslysinisterbureaucraticrulefromwhichthebooktakesitstitle:amanisconsideredinsaneifhewillinglycontinuestoflydangerouscombatmissions,theveryactofmakingtherequestprovesthatheissaneandthereforeinel-igibletoberelieved.catcb-22isamicrocosmofthetwentieth-centuryworldasitmightlooktosome-onedangerouslysane-amasterpieceofourtime."AmonumentalartifactofcontemporaryAmericanliterature,almostasassuredoflongevityasthestatuesonEasterIsland…Catcb-22isanovelthatremindsusonceagainofallthatwehavetakenforgrantedinourworldandshouldnot,themadnesswetrynottobotherandnotice,thedeceptionsandfalsehoodswelackthewilltotrytodistinguishfromtruth"——TbeNewYorkTimesBookReview
作者简介
JOSEPHHELLER,wasborninBrooklynin1923.In1961,hepublishedCatcb-22,whichbecameabestsellerand,in1970,afilm,HewentontowritesuchnovelsasSometbingHappened,GodKnows,PictureTbis,ClosingTime(thesequeltoCatcb-22),andPortraitofanArti