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3. Direct Action

Episode 3 of 10

Faced with a bombing raid to Bologna, Yossarian takes direct action to avoid it. Read by Stuart Milligan.

Captain Yossarian is in hospital, following a disastrous mission.

Colonel Cathcart keeps raising the number of missions to be flown by the men, but Yossarian takes direct action to avoid the next bombing raid.

Joseph Heller鈥檚 iconoclastic 1961 novel satirising the insanity of war.

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

Read by Stuart Milligan.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in September 2011.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 May 2023 02:00
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  • Wed 28 Sep 2011 22:45
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  • Wed 3 May 2023 07:00
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  • Thu 4 May 2023 02:00
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