Closing Time
Joseph Heller
464 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0743239806
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Language: English
Publish: 1041408000000
20th CenturyAmericanClassicsContemporaryFictionHistorical FictionHumorLiteratureNovelsWar
A reissue of the breath-taking sequel to CATCH-22 – now a classic in its own right. Forty-two years ago Joseph Heller wrote the 20th century masterpiece CATCH-22, capturing the hilarious and tragic insanity of the times and galvanising the conscience of a generation. In the sequel, CLOSING TIME, he revisits many of the characters – now older, if not wiser – that made CATCH-22 so Yossarian, Milo Minderbinder, Chaplain Tappman, Sammy Singer and giant Lew, all linked in uneasy peace and old age, fighting not the Germans this time, but The End. CLOSING TIME is a stunning achievement; a chilling, darkly funny depiction of the moral collapse of the Western world.