大象传媒

It鈥檚 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鈥檚 only one catch and that鈥檚 Catch 22.

Joseph Heller鈥檚 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 大象传媒 Radio 4 in September 2011.