WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD JACOBSONSet in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic & furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him Joseph Heller&s bestselling novel is a hilarious & tragic satire on military madness & the tale of one man&s efforts to survive it