美国作家约瑟夫·海勒（Joseph Heller）被誉为世界上最好的十本小说排名第7，不看毕生遗憾。
作者在小说中摒弃了传统的现实主义创作手法，使整个作品没有一条完整的情节发展线索，也没有突出的人物形象，充满着混乱，喧闹，疯狂的气氛。但作者同时强调的是一种“严肃的荒诞”。

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CATCH-22 JOSEPH HELLER Copyright (c) Joseph Heller, 1955, 1961 The island of Pianosa lies in the Mediterranean Sea eight miles south of Elba. It is very small and obviously could not accommodate all of the actions described. Like the setting of this novel, the characters, too, are fictitious. TO MY MOTHER AND TO SHIRLEY, AND MY CHILDREN, ERICA AND TED

CHAPTER 1 - THE TEXAN
CHAPTER 2 - CLEVINGER
CHAPTER 3 - HAVERMEYER
CHAPTER 4 - DOC DANEEKA
CHAPTER 5 - CHIEF WHITE HALFOAT
CHAPTER 6 - HUNGRY JOE
CHAPTER 7 - McWATT
CHAPTER 8 - LIEUTENANT SCHEISSKOPF
CHAPTER 9 - MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR
CHAPTER 10 - WINTERGREEN
CHAPTER 11 - CAPTAIN BLACK
CHAPTER 12 - BOLOGNA
CHAPTER 13 - MAJOR - DE COVERLEY
CHAPTER 14 - KID SAMPSON
CHAPTER 15 - PILTCHARD & WREN
CHAPTER 16 - LUCIANA
CHAPTER 17 - THE SOLDIER IN WHITE
CHAPTER 18 - THE SOLDIER WHO SAW EVERYTHING TWICE
CHAPTER 19 - COLONEL CATHCART
CHAPTER 20 - CORPORAL WHITCOMB
CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL DREEDLE
CHAPTER 22 - MILO THE MAYOR
CHAPTER 23 - NATELY'S OLD MAN
CHAPTER 24 - MILO
CHAPTER 25 - THE CHAPLAIN
CHAPTER 26 - AARFY
CHAPTER 27 - NURSE DUCKETT
CHAPTER 28 - DOBBS
CHAPTER 29 - PECKEM
CHAPTER 30 - DUNBAR
CHAPTER 31 - MRS. DANEEKA
CHAPTER 32 - YO-YO'S ROOMIES
CHAPTER 33 - NATELY'S WHORE
CHAPTER 34 - THANKSGIVING
CHAPTER 35 - MILO THE MILITANT
CHAPTER 36 - THE CELLAR
CHAPTER 37 - GENERAL SCHEISSKOPF
CHAPTER 38 - KID SISTER
CHAPTER 39 - THE ETERNAL CITY
CHAPTER 40 - CATCH-22
CHAPTER 41 - SNOWDEN
CHAPTER 42 - YOSSARIAN
APPENDIX