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Joseph HellerCatch-22 Presenter: Xiong Li Joseph Heller index His life experience His writing career Catch-22 contents theme black humor in this novel reviews Joseph Heller Catch 22 Joseph Heller(1923-1999), is an American writer, who gained world fame with his satirical, anti-war novel CATCH-22 (1961), set in the World War II Italy. The book was partly based on Hellers own experiences and influenced among others Robert Altmans comedy M*A*S*H, and the subsequent long-running TV series, set in the Korean War. The phrase catch-22 has entered the English language to signify a no-w