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Captain Yossarian is introduced to the unassailable circular logic of Catch 22. Read by Stuart Milligan.
It’s 1944, on the island of Pianoso in the Mediterranean.
USAF bombardier Captain Yossarian is keen to be grounded after a disastrous mission to Avignon.
Whilst in hospital, he has the unassailable circular logic of Catch 22 explained to him.
There’s only one catch and that’s Catch 22.
Joseph Heller’s iconoclastic 1961 novel satirising the insanity of war.
Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Robin Brooks.
Read by Stuart Milligan.
Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in September 2011.
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