Take that man out and shoot him

[Marthe48]

I thought of this scene in the book Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. Reminds me of trump and jared. Or trump and anyone who has to explain what law he's breaking.


https://books.google.com/books?id=Xfze51E7TEoC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=Catch+22+take+that+man+out+and+shoot+him&source=bl&ots=uXB0dFGJIE&sig=ACfU3U2sfz5cMpZmaANihuwnLKpTHDdA3g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUtY2bpNDhAhVSX60KHb4YCUsQ6AEwBnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Catch%2022%20take%20that%20man%20out%20and%20shoot%20him&f=false

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1. I forgot how readable that book was, going onto Amazon and getting another copy. Thanks!

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2. I first read the book in high school 55 years and again about six months ago. ...

It was just as good the second time around.

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3. I read it right around the same time. A sophmore in high school '66 or '67.

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4. At about the same time I read Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four." ...

Our government’s ability to surveil citizens today far surpasses Big Brother’s in the novel.

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5. I was a pretty dark kid, I read that and Animal Farm in JrHS ...

I read the Homage to Catalonia and Down and Out in Paris and London last year after Anthony Bourdain passed. Read Kitchen Confidential again, too. Sad time to read three great books.

[Marthe48]

7. The last time I read it

I was in my 40s. I got a sense of how young Joseph Heller was when he wrote it. His worked matured as time went on.

[Marthe48]

6. I think I read it 10 times at least

I got several other people to read it and they also reread it several times each. I loved anything that Joseph Heller wrote, but Catch 22 is my favorite. I don't know how many copies we had and lent out. Several

Glad you are reading it again!

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10. Great how a book can click with a generation. Somehow Stranger in a Strange Land left ...

me cold - I just couldn't grok it. The World According to Garp was one I liked a lot, too.

[Marthe48]

12. never read it

but I almost used grok in Words With Friends last week. lol

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15. I don't think it was so much, course 50 million babyboomer might disagree. But I really ...

loved Catcher in the Rye.

[Marthe48]

18. Ican't remember if I read Stranger in a Strange Land

I read a lot of Sci-fi. I'll have to check Cliff's Notes and see if it looks familiar One of my Favorites was The Stars My destination by Alfred Bester. I think its my all-time favorite. I'd love to see a movie. I thought Steve McQueen would be perfect. Now, Edward Norton.

I read Catcher in the Rye, wasn't crazy about it. I was in my 40s for that one.

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19. I was in AP English so I got to read it at 15 or so. I identified with it a lot.

[Codeine]

14. Man I hated Stranger.

I read a lot of Heinlein as a teen but that one. . . nah.

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17. Like poison.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Did you know Heller wrote a sequel to Catch-22, Closing Time, in 1994?

Closing Time is a 1994 novel by Joseph Heller, written as a sequel to the popular Catch-22. It takes place in New York City in the 1990s, and revisits some characters of the original, including Yossarian, Milo Minderbinder and Chaplain Tappman.

It was a so-so read that didn't really engage me, but it did have its moments.

I would suggest purchasing Catch 22, but checking Closing Time out of the library.

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9. Kinda remember it but you've got me interested in it.

[Brother Buzz]

11. It merits a read, but it just doesn't merit a parking slot in my overstuffed library

[Codeine]

16. Kindle time.

If I hadn’t switched to mostly digital I’m pretty sure the foundation of this place would have collapsed under the weight of books.

[Marthe48]

13. I didn't know that

I will check for it. Thanks!