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Old 02-25-2008, 01:34 AM   #361
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Fiction - 3.7 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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Poem - 1.7 The Iliad - Homer
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Series (A set of books continuing the same story and intended to be read sequentially) - 2.4 The Cronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
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I'm going out on a limb here, but Catch-22 is a screwball comedy about an aircraft squadron during WWII. There are many colorful characters and you can clearly see that several characters from M*A*S*H are based upon some of the characters here (Klinger is a wringer for Yossarian). It has been hailed as one of the most significant novels of the 20th century. Additionally, the phrase Catch-22 has caught on in language to reflect any no-win situation.
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