Catch-22 is a beautiful book that induces both hilarious laughter and tears, for characters too close to reality to be believed fictitious and a society too starkly real to be ignored. The book spurs such strong emotions in a reader that it is proven to be art rather than one of the many collections of mindless babble inundating bookstores today. Catch-22 is well written and well organized, even if a bit confusing chronologically. The authors use of grammar and detail was adequate. It was very humorous and unflinchingly exposed raw human emotions. There were no pictures, maps, references, etc., but t