Catch-22

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novel satirical novel war novel

Catch-22 is Joseph Heller’s satirical World War II novel that coined the term “catch-22” to describe absurd, self-contradictory bureaucratic rules and no-win situations.

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Label Occurrences
Catch-22 canonical 11
Catch-22 (miniseries) 3
Catch-22 (2019 miniseries) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
adaptedAs Catch-22 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Catch-22 (1970 film)

Catch-22 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Catch-22 (2019 miniseries)

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surface form: Catch-22 (stage play)
author Joseph Heller ⓘ
coinedTerm Catch-22 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: catch-22
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception initially mixed reviews ⓘ
later regarded as a classic of 20th-century literature ⓘ
depicts bureaucratic rules that are self-contradictory ⓘ
no-win situations for soldiers ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
focusesOn U.S. Army Air Forces bomber squadron ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ
hasSequel Closing Time ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22 ⓘ
influenced modern usage of the term "catch-22" ⓘ
subsequent war satire ⓘ
literaryMovement absurdist fiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Captain John Yossarian ⓘ
Colonel Cathcart ⓘ
Doc Daneeka ⓘ
Major Major Major Major ⓘ
Milo Minderbinder ⓘ
Nately ⓘ
Orr ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeStyle nonlinear narrative ⓘ
notableConcept Catch-22 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: catch-22
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalTitle Catch-22 self-link ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationDate 1961 ⓘ
publisher Simon & Schuster ⓘ
settingLocation Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean theater of World War II

Isola di Pianosa ⓘ
surface form: Pianosa
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
theme bureaucratic absurdity ⓘ
individual vs. institution ⓘ
no-win situations ⓘ
power and authority ⓘ
the insanity of war ⓘ
timeSpanOfWriting 1953–1961 ⓘ

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Time 100 best English-language novels list → hasWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
Rupert Gregson-Williams → notableWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catch-22 (miniseries)
Alan Arkin → notableWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
Kyle Chandler → notableWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catch-22 (2019 miniseries)
Grant Heslov → notableWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catch-22 (miniseries)
Christopher Abbott → notableWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
David Watkin → workedOn → Catch-22 ⓘ
Buck Henry → notableWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catch-22 (film)
Buck Henry → screenwriterOf → Catch-22 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catch-22 (film)
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this entity surface form: Catch-22 (1970 film)
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this entity surface form: Catch-22 (stage play)
Catch-22 → adaptedAs → Catch-22 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catch-22 (2019 miniseries)
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Martin Ransohoff → notableWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
Martin Ransohoff → workedOn → Catch-22 ⓘ
Elizabeth Wilson → notableWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
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Norman Fell → appearedIn → Catch-22 ⓘ
Lewis Pullman → notableWork → Catch-22 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catch-22 (miniseries)
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this entity surface form: "Catch-22"