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22nd January 2004, 2:11pm
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#1 | | dusty bin
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Knightswood
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| Catch 22
Got it on Monday, been wanting to read it for a while.
I'm about a quarter of the way through it.
Anyone read it?
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22nd January 2004, 10:43pm
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#2 | | Polydelusionist
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Behind my eyes.
Posts: 3,367
| Re: Catch 22
Yes. Every single woman characters a prostitute or whore in it, which can be a good or bad thing depending on your outlook i guess. My favourite is....'Nateleys' (i think its nateleys, i may be wrong as its years since i read it) whore who apears with Snoopy like randomness to attack Yossarian. Superb.
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2nd February 2004, 1:16pm
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#3 | | nôsce te ipsum
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere
Posts: 604
| Re: Catch 22
i've got it in the house but like many of the books i have, i haven't got round to reading it yet...might try to in the summer
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3rd February 2004, 5:57pm
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#4 | | kellermeister
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 5,212
| Re: Catch 22
Great book, one of my favourites. Once you get past the first few chapters you really get into it.
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3rd February 2004, 10:32pm
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#5 | | Purple Haze
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cambuslang
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| Re: Catch 22
it can be a laborious read at times, but when it clicks with you it really clicks. i was a little disappointed by it after the hype i'd had from people before i got it, but it's a good novel nonetheless. i still prefer Captain Corelli's Mandolin though. 
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12th March 2004, 11:06pm
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#6 | | Eskimo friend
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dumbarton
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Originally Posted by metallideth it can be a laborious read at times, but when it clicks with you it really clicks. i was a little disappointed by it after the hype i'd had from people before i got it, but it's a good novel nonetheless. i still prefer Captain Corelli's Mandolin though. |
i really loved all the characters in catch 22. I think my favourites were Orr and the Chaplain. Tis a damn fine book, i didnt think i was going to like at all when i started to read it but i became hooked. And i agree that Captain Corelli's Mandolin is rather good book. Much better than the film. I also read The Virgin Suicides in about three days id recomend it.
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15th March 2004, 6:05pm
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#7 | | Spank me with a Pitchfork
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sin City
Posts: 309
| Re: Catch 22
read it a while back in school. Good book though, I should read it again
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13th September 2004, 1:38am
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#8 | | Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 44
| Re: Catch 22
I'm the same as some. Had it, never got around to reading it. Gave away the book. Might try to get it back and read it now.
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13th September 2004, 2:01am
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#9 | | Troll Banned
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sealab / New Orleans
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| Re: Catch 22
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Originally Posted by mysterio Great book, one of my favourites. Once you get past the first few chapters you really get into it. |
Hmm never made it past the first few, I may give it a shot. | |
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13th September 2004, 9:21am
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#10 | | Asshole in residence
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 52
| Re: Catch 22
Catch-22 is possibly the best peice of American lit other then Fear and Loathing. The last four or five chapters are a total mindfuck though. The film is quite good as well, and I prefer the film ending to the book ending.
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7th January 2006, 11:57pm
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#11 | | Caissa's DeathAngel
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Beneath a blade
Posts: 17,132
| Re: Catch 22
Absolute work of genius. The impact is obviously huge, and its almost hard to conceive a world in which people do not refer to catch 22 situations. The characters are amazing, and for once I genuinely like the main character. Quite often either I read books in which we are not meant to (Duncan Thaw in Lanark) or they prove so annoying it defies belief (despite my holding Battle Royale in my top 3 books, Shuya and Noriko qualify here). However, my favourite character is actually Miles, I think. The way he exploits everything is amazingly funny. I also love Doc Daneeka, the Chaplain, and Major Major Major.
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