Not many books introduce entire new phrases to the language, but this one obviously did.
Yossarian is a cowardly bombardier in WWII, and the book basically follows his misadventures over the course of a year as he tries to avoid flying any more missions.
It's packed full of odd characters and violence.
It's frequently laugh out loud funny, but I struggled to get through it. It felt like I was being shouted at the whole time I was reading it and I could rarely manage long sessions reading it without feeling mentally drained. Despite that I was actually enjoying it almost the whole time.
It's very much a product of its time. The humour is occasionally extremely rapey and there's not a single sympathetic character in the book except for possibly Major Major Major Major who does the sensible thing and avoids contact with everyone as much as possible.
I'm glad I read it, but I do think it's a one and done, and I'm not really tempted to read the sequel.
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