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war literature

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Catch-22

Joseph Heller's 1961 satirical novel set in a WWII American bomber squadron — following Yossarian's attempts to be grounded as insane in a war where the insanity is institutional — which became the defining anti-war novel of American literature.

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Joseph Heller

American novelist whose Catch-22 — based on his WWII experience as a bombardier — became the defining satirical American novel of the 20th century and the source of a cultural catchphrase for paradoxical bureaucratic logic.

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