'Catch 22' By Joseph Heller Poster

Cover art for one of the greatest comic novels ever written.

Arguably the greatest comic novel ever written, 'Catch 22' took author Joseph Heller 10 years to write. The novel looks into the experiences of Yossarian and the other airmen in the camp, and their attempts to keep their sanity in order to fulfill their service requirements, so that they can return home. The phrase "Catch-22" describes a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule.