Joseph Heller
1) Catch-22
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Formats
Description
Depicts the struggles of a U.S. airman attempting to survive the lunacy and depravity of a World War II base. This satirical, historical novel is set during the later stages of World War II from 1944 onwards. It has a distinctive non-chronological style where events are described from different characters' points of view and out of sequence so that the time line develops along with the plot.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
464 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
In Closing Time, Joseph Heller returns to the characters of Catch-22, now coming to the end of their lives and the century, as is the entire generation that fought in World War II: Yossarian and Milo Minderbinder, the chaplain, and such newcomers as little Sammy Singer and giant Lew, all linked, in an uneasy peace and old age, fighting not the Germans this time, but The End. Closing Time deftly satirizes the realities and the myths of America in the...
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Series
Description
An evening of readings and discussion: Heller's friends and colleagues including Christopher Buckley, Robert Gottlieb, and Mike Nichols. They revisit his classic black comedy set at the end of World War II, one of the most important books about patriotism, honor, and the absurdities of war and beauracracy of the 20th century. The conversation is led by Lesley Stahl. An excerpt is performed by Scott Shepherd (Gatz).
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Loosely based on the book 'Sex and the single girl' by Helen Gurley Brown. Snoopy tabloid magazine editor Bob Weston wants to know if author Helen Gurley Brown based her book on, as he believes, personal research. He tries to parley an interview with the author who made headlines and sales. So he decides to get very personal to find out for himself.
6) Catch-22
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (267 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the acclaimed Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22 follows the adventures and misadventures of a US air squadron in Italy in World War II.
7) Catch-22
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Yossarian, a reluctant bombadier stationed in the Mediterranean in World War II, has come to the utterly sane conclusion that everyone is trying to kill him. The Germans, yes, but also commanding officers supposedly on his own side like Col. Cathcart, who keeps raising the number of missions his flyers must perform to finish their tours. Everybody seems equally dead-set on his destruction, and Yossarian is just as determined to stay alive. An enormous...