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ORIGINAL FRENCH EDITION from Catch 22 (1961), translated from the English by Pierre Singer.
ONE OF 19 COPIES ON VELLUM PUR FIL LAFUMA-NAVARREThe only large paper copy.
A cult work by Joseph Heller, Captain Yossarian's burlesque epic of the Second World War is ranked 7th in the Modern Library's list of the one hundred best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Mike Nichols adapted it for the screen in 1970.
The novel was such a great success that its title became a common noun, frequently used by journalists in the United States, meaning "...". a situation in which an individual is hampered by contradictory rules or proposals".
Lower spine slightly dented, slight crease to back cover.