TY - JOUR T1 - <em>BJGP</em> Library: <em>Catch-22</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 97 LP - 97 DO - 10.3399/bjgp16X683713 VL - 66 IS - 643 AU - Adam Staten Y1 - 2016/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/66/643/97.abstract N2 - Catch-22 Joseph Heller Vintage Classics, 2008, PB, 544pp, £7.99 978-0099470465Written by Joseph Heller, himself a veteran airman of the Second World War, Catch-22 chronicles the activity of the fictitious 256th Squadron of the US Army Airforce in 1943 while in action over Italy. The narrative is complex, jumping back and forth in time and continually switching perspective between the many characters of the book. At first this feels incredibly chaotic but, with each leap through time and with each change in perspective, the story, and the characters it concerns, are built up layer by layer until they feel entirely real and believable. It is a rare book in that it has the ability to make you laugh out loud and be deeply moved within a few pages.As the … ER -