Joseph Heller's Catch-22, published in 1961, was recognized in the nation's restless intellectual circles as a sociopolitical commentary on the fifties and the cold war era. Stephen Potts persuades us that there is good reason that Heller's convoluted, complicated novel continues to be one of the most widely studied works of twentieth-century American fiction.
Each volume of Twayne's Masterwork Studies is written by a respected scholar and includes:
A discussion of key themes and concepts
Historical context
Critical reception
Chronology, bibliography, and index
