Worked on for many years and long anticipated (and perhaps dreaded) by admirers of the incomparable original, Heller's ``sequel'' shares with his great WWII saga a surreal sense of the absurd and of ...

The satirical war novel continues to resonate with readers decades after its release.

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. Joseph Heller’s 1961 war comedy “Catch-22” is one of the most beloved novels of the 20th century, not to mention one of the funniest. Here are a few ...

David L. Ulin is the editor of "Another City: Writing From Los Angeles" and "Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology." Joseph Heller will always be remembered for a single book. That book, of course ...

Damned if you do, damned if you don't: That's "Catch-22." The paradox is explored in the new dark comedy Hulu series "Catch-22," which stars Christopher Abbott, Hugh Laurie and George Clooney. The ...

In 1961, the writer Richard G. Stern reviewed Joseph Heller’s satirical war novel “Catch-22” on Page 50 of the Book Review, calling it “an emotional hodge-podge.” “Catch-22” has much passion, comic ...

Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22 and its sequel, Closing Time, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff, recorded in San Francisco on October 17, 1994. Since its original ...

Fifty-one years ago, nobody used the term "Catch-22" to describe a victim trapped in a contradictory, often bureaucratic, paradox. Not even Joseph Heller, who'd spent seven years writing his satirical ...

If you didn't encounter it earlier on in life, and it wasn't a set text for your school exams, then this may well be your first run in with the timeless story that is Catch-22. Coming soon to Channel ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Joseph Heller is an Author with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1995 Forum. The year with the most videos was 1997 with two videos. Most ...