Joseph Heller
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Joseph Heller

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Joseph Heller was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a bombardier in the Second World War and then attended New York University and Columbia University and then Oxford, the last on a Fullbright scholarship. He then taught for two years at Pennsylvania State University, before returning to New York, where he began a successful career in the advertising departments of Time, Look and McCall's magazines. It was during this time that he had the idea for Catch-22. Working on the novel in spare moments and evenings at home, it took him eight years to complete and was first published in 1961. His second novel, Something Happened was published in 1974, Good As Gold in 1979 and Closing Time in 1994. He is also the author of the play We Bombed in New Haven.
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Catch-22, the iconic 1961 novel, is widely regarded as one of the most significant works of 20th-century American literature. The novel's non-linear narrative and biting satire of military bureaucracy struck a chord with readers, especially during the Vietnam War era. Popularizing its titular term for a paradoxical dilemma, Catch-22 has sold more than 10 million copies.

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Joseph Heller's 1961 novel Catch-22 is undoubtedly one of the most important literary works of the 20th century. Set during World War II, the novel mostly concerns the actions of Captain John Yossarian and his comrades in the fictional 256th US Army Air Squadron. Heller explores many hefty themes, which, along with Heller's sharp, observant, and lyrical prose, make the book fertile ground for thought-provoking discussions and memorable quotes.

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