Catch 22: Admit you're insane and simultaneously prove that you are not as it would be impossible for you to understand that of yourself. This is the premise for Joseph Heller's Catch 22 where Yossarian, arguably the main character although the novel is full of a variety of strange, wacky and wonderful personalities that dictate each of the chapters, seeks to guarentee his ticket home by proving to the other's in his American bombing crew stationed in Italy in WWI that he is insane and thusly uncapable of military duty. The novel is both funny, dark, satirical and infinitely interesting, a book in which I honestly could not put down, even verging on 500 pages within a few short hours. Despite it being a very good book, many people might originally put it down as they settle into a period I like to call utter and complete confusion, as the constant change in plot direction, and character focus makes it hard to keep up, but I urge you to buy this book and to keep on reading. Not only is it a classic, a book in which it is likely before even ever having picked up you know at least SOMETHING about it, it is also worthy of this title. Catch 22 deserves to be read, and you deserve to enjoy reading it, so buy it.