One of my many favorite classics is “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller. This book is not an easy read. It has to be read slowly so that the satire can be digested and appreciated. Ten years ago I wouldn’t have gotten the appeal, but today I absolutely love it.
One humorous quote, “Yossarian – the very sight of the name made him shudder. There were so many esses in it. It just had to be subversive. It was like the word subversive itself. It was like seditious and insidious too, and like socialist, suspicious, fascist and Communist.”
Taking all of the sarcastic pieces and filtering out the humor is the key to this book. It also makes you think a bit on the seriousness of certain things...should they be taken so seriously?
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