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\nCatch-22 by Joseph Heller (recently the subject of a television adaptation with George Clooney in the role of the ruthlessly ambitious Colonel Cathcart for US streaming service Hulu) is one of the classic books of the twentieth century....\nCatch-22 by Joseph Heller (recently the subject of a television adaptation with George Clooney in the role of the ruthlessly ambitious Colonel Cathcart for US streaming service Hulu) is one of the classic books of the twentieth century. In this Catch 22 summary and analysis video, I take you through a book report which outlines some of the background and context surrounding the book (and its author Joseph Heller) as well as discussing its style and (without spoilers) providing a brief plot summary.

A biting satirical novel set in the Mediterranean theatre of the Second World War (yet more accurately approached as a response to the Korean War and Vietnam War), I moreover unpack the absurdist influences behind Catch 22 such as the Czech author Franz Kafka whose novel The Trial bares numerous similarities with Heller's novel.

My initial plan had been to stick with slightly older works of literature for my How To Read It series and so I'd be interested to know what you think of me covering twentieth century novels such as Catch-22. A well as wanting to tie in with the Hulu series, however, I was keen to cover something slightly more accessible for Episode Two having looked at Ulysses in the last!

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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, The True Story of Catch 22 by Patricia Chapman Meder, The Trial by Franz Kafka\n
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