Joseph Heller returns to the characters of Catch-22, now coming to the end of their lives and the century, as is the entire generation that fought in World War II. But this time they are fighting not the Germans, but The End. Closing Time deftly satirizes the realities and the myths of America post WWII: the absurdity of their politics, the decline of their society and their great cities, the greed and hypocrisy of their business and culture - with the same ferocious humour as Catch-22. This novel is a stunning ...
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Joseph Heller returns to the characters of Catch-22, now coming to the end of their lives and the century, as is the entire generation that fought in World War II. But this time they are fighting not the Germans, but The End. Closing Time deftly satirizes the realities and the myths of America post WWII: the absurdity of their politics, the decline of their society and their great cities, the greed and hypocrisy of their business and culture - with the same ferocious humour as Catch-22. This novel is a stunning achievement; a chilling, darkly funny depiction of the moral collapse of the Western world.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Simon & Schuster, 1994. First UK edition-first printing. Black and white hardback(very small mark on the back cover)with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages as new with a small colour mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges, small mark on the back of the Dj cover from a price sticker, pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear. Price un-clipped.464pp. First edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: Catch-22, published in 1961, captured the hilarious and tragic insanity of the times and galvanized the conscience of a generation. This-33 years later-is the sequel which revisits the same characters, now older but not wiser.
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