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Catch 22 spielt auf der Insel Pianosa im 2. Weltkrieg auf einer amerikanischen Militärbasis. Im Mittelpunkt steht Captain Yossarian, er ist Bombardier und wird wie seine Mitstreiter auf Flugmissionen geschickt. Ihnen wird immer wieder versprochen, dass sie dem Krieg den Rücken kehren dürfen sobald sie eine bestimmte Zahl an Missionen auf dem Konto haben. Diese Zahl wird aber ständig nach oben korrigiert, so dass es ein aussichtsloser Wettlauf ist.
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Warning- a hissy-fit is about to ensue, and it won't be pretty. I think I'm going to give up on this whole genre of modern classics. What is it about the authors of this era that I just do not like. Salinger, Fitzgerald, Hemmingway, Huxley, Beckett, Vonnegut- the most boring writers on earth. I know, I just lost every brownie point I ever earned as a reader, but I'm tired of trying to enjoy them. They are going in my "bin" and I'm even imagining that bin to be one of those old fashioned metal bi
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Wow. There have been VERY few times in my life when I gave up on a book mid-read. I found this novel to be WAY too overdone, repetitive, boring and LABORIOUS. I gave up about 25% of the way through, at a complete loss as to why it is considered a "great novel." Most people I have spoken with loved it when they read it at age 16, but those who read it as adults had the same reaction I did. An interesting and odd pattern... Someone commented that Catch-22 was a hard read because it is about war. I
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