Catch-22
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy, a bombadier named Yossarian is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him. He has decided to live forever, even if he has to die in the attempt.
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
HarperAudio : Caedmon,
Â2007.
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| Summary: | Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy, a bombadier named Yossarian is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him. He has decided to live forever, even if he has to die in the attempt. |
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| Item Description: | Compact disc. Unabridged. "Bonus: a rare, archival recording of Joseph Heller reading his personal selections from Catch-22"--Container. Originally published in 1955. Sequel: Closing time. |
| Physical Description: | 16 audio discs (19 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: | 19:30:00 |
| Production Credits: | Executive producer and director, Rick Harris ; recorded by Richard Romaniello ; mixed and mastered by Lance Neal. |
| ISBN: | 0060890096 9780060890094 |
| Author Notes: | Thirty-five years after writing his first book, Heller wrote his autobiography, entitled Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here. In his memoirs, Heller reminisces about what it was like growing up in Coney Island in the 1930s and 1940s. On December 13, 1999, Heller died of a heart attack in his home on Long Island. His last novel, Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man, was published shortly after his death. (Bowker Author Biography) |
