Of course I was looking for a follow up to my favorite book of all time; Catch 22, but this book was really difficult to get through and a bit disappointing. Oh well!
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Closing Time (Catch-22, Bk 2)
Closing Time - Catch-22, Bk 2
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A darkly comic and ambitious sequel to the American classic Catch-22. — In Closing Time, 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 which fought in World War II: Yossarian and Milo Minderbinder, the chaplain, and such newc... more »
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A darkly comic and ambitious sequel to the American classic Catch-22. — In Closing Time, 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 which fought in World War II: Yossarian and Milo Minderbinder, the chaplain, and such newc... more »
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(save 44%)ISBN-13: 9780684804507
ISBN-10: 0684804506
Publication Date: 9/15/1995
Pages: 464
Rating: 16
ISBN-10: 0684804506
Publication Date: 9/15/1995
Pages: 464
Rating: 16
3.4 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Book Type: Paperback
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I told a friend of mine I'd begun reading this book, and his comment pretty much sums it up: "How do you even write a sequel to Catch-22?"
You don't. To /me/ this isn't really a sequel. This is a book based around a bitter, pompous old man with the same name as the character from the first book. It tries so hard to be like its counter-part and fails entirely. The characters, the story, the wit, they're all mediocre; and aside from the bits and pieces relating back to Catch-22, the author really could have just re-named everyone and made this an entirely separate story.
Even if he had, it still wouldn't have been great, but it would have been a lot less disappointing.
You don't. To /me/ this isn't really a sequel. This is a book based around a bitter, pompous old man with the same name as the character from the first book. It tries so hard to be like its counter-part and fails entirely. The characters, the story, the wit, they're all mediocre; and aside from the bits and pieces relating back to Catch-22, the author really could have just re-named everyone and made this an entirely separate story.
Even if he had, it still wouldn't have been great, but it would have been a lot less disappointing.
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