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2. Yossarian's Mission

Episode 2 of 10

Yossarian vows not to fly any more missions but comes up against the terrifying logic of Catch 22. Read by Stuart Milligan.

Captain Yossarian is in hospital, keen to be grounded after a disastrous mission.

Colonel Cathcart keeps raising the number of missions to be flown by the men.

Yossarian is determined not to fly any more missions, but keeps coming up against the unassailable logic of Catch 22.

Joseph Heller’s iconoclastic 1961 novel satirising the insanity of war.

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

Read by Stuart Milligan.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 3 May 202302:00
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