WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD JACOBSON Set 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 and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him. Joseph Heller's bestselling novel is a hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man’s efforts to survive it. (20031030)

根据第二十二条军规，只有疯子才能免除飞行任务，但必须由本人提出申请；而能提出此申请的人必然没疯，所以他必须去飞行，去送死。 在英文中，“军规”和“圈套”是同一个词。小说的主人公约塞连是二战中一名美国轰炸兵，第二十二条军规使他不得不在生死线上苟且偷生，同时他也发现原来世界到处暗藏着这种荒唐的圈套。 “第二十二条军规”早已作为常用词被收入词典。而人类世界至今无法摆脱这个圈套的困扰。