Catalog / Catch-22
Catch-22
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Joseph Heller
Captain Yossarian tries to get out of bombing missions during World War II, but military logic closes in on him. A dark satire of bureaucracy and the absurd.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 1451626657
- ISBN-13
- 9781451626650
- ASIN
- 1451626657
Why was Catch-22 challenged?
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States in 1972. The novel was banned in Strongsville, Ohio, in 1972; a federal court later overturned that decision.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was Catch-22 banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk · School
The novel was banned in Strongsville, Ohio, in 1972; a federal court later overturned that decision.
The ALA also documents other challenges in school libraries.
- Source → Banned & Challenged Classics American Library Association
Other questions
- Is Catch-22 banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States, 1972. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was Catch-22 challenged?
- The novel was banned in Strongsville, Ohio, in 1972; a federal court later overturned that decision.
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