Fao-Mozz71 (Others Welcome!)

[agchristie]

Recently, you recommended Heller's Catch 22 which was a coincidence as I had just started reading it!

I'm 4/5ths through it and I've never laughed so much with some of the exchanges between officers!

[Theland]

I am very jealous of readers.
I never have the time or inclination to read other than my bible.
Sad eh?

[agchristie]

Theland,I don't have a telly and read loads!

[Mozz71]

AG, I'm pleased you're enjoying it, Yossarian is my literary hero lol.

There is a follow up novel called Closing Time, that features the surviving characters decades later. Its not as good as Catch 22 but very little is. There's a very entertaining Heller book called God Knows too you may like. Biblical satire.

[Theland]

AGChristie - great idea, get rid of the idiot box. Would open up so many avenues. Must ask Mrs T to consider it. Great to have you back.

[agchristie]

Hi Mozz! Yes,Poor Yossarian, always on a mission (that he doesn't want!)

Loved the bit where he is asked to play the part of someone else's dying son when his relatives visit!

I know about the follow up and other stuff which I will check.

Thanks for your reply ;-)

[agchristie]

Theland, I think I inherited my mum's reading genes but not her mental strength :-(

[jourdain2]

Very glad you are enjoying it - I read it many, many years ago and it did colour my viewpoints. An important book.

[Togo]

If you are enjoying that Aggie you are in the right place. Remember reading it as a "lad" about 1966/7.What was written as satire actually entered our language and perceptions.......sometimes by default or accident. Examples.

“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”

“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.”

“They agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.”

“You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.”

Wasn't the Korean War serieS Mash born of Catch 22? If not it deserved to be.

[agchristie]

Jourdain, hi! thanks for that.

Togo, very good! Someone told me there's been a recent telly series but not having a tv makes it difficult :-(

[Theland]

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist. - Anybody else read it? Comments ?

[Mozz71]

I've never read it Theland, but always meant to. The author came from my hometown of Hastings.

[Mozz71]

Togo //Wasn't the Korean War serieS Mash born of Catch 22? If not it deserved to be//

MASH was a novel in it's own right, before being made into a movie and series.

I may be wrong, but I think it was written by a Korean War MASH vet

[agchristie]

I'm surprised Heller didn't tie himself in knots writing it!

So clever!

[Mozz71]

He probably did AG, it took him 6 or 7 years to write it lol

[agchristie]

Yes,it did take him an age to write Mozz so it must've been the mid-50's when he started!

[sanmac]

Catch 22 was based on WW11. I read it years ago and found it hilarious...Not too many times that I laugh out loud at a book.

[Mozz71]

Yeah, I guess so. It came out in the early 60s.

[margarettom]

Having read the book years ago, I watched Catch 22 on the telly and I thought it was very good. I was quite surprised, because I kind of feared a modern version wouldn't portray it very accurately .

[Theland]

He is buried in Liverpool right opposite Walton Prison.

[agchristie]

Theland, he's buried in New York.

(I guess you were meaning the other book you mentioned)