Author:Mario Puzo
MARIO PUZO'S FIRST ACCLAIMED NOVEL, BEFORE HIS CREATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, THE GODFATHER. AN ASTOUNDING STORY OF CORRUPTION AND BETRAYAL.
Hardened by the brutality and desceration of three long years of war, Walter Mosca returns to America a changed man. But he has no sooner arrived than he knows he must run back to the land of the enemy, to find the woman who accepts the rage and cruelty of the world around her.
In Germany, where the bitter aftermath of war is everything apparent, American cigarettes will buy almost anything. Mosca now faces a different kind of war, one in which he must make a fateful decision - between love and ambition, passion and greed, life and death...
The book reveals Mr Puzo to be a writer of power and precision ... This grim, gruff-mouthed, stiff-souled fellow [Mosca] overcomes the reader not with muscle but with the humanity and tenderness of his tragedy
—— New York Herald TribuneTo my mind, there have been two great American novels in the past fifty years. Catch-22 is one
—— Stephen KingCatch-22 is the only war novel I've ever read that makes any sense
—— Harper LeeThe war novel to end all war novels
—— IndependentBlessedly, monstrously, bloatedly, cynically funny and fantastically unique. No one has ever written a book like this
—— Financial TimesUnforgettable
—— Sunday TimesOutrageously funny
—— ObserverCatch-22 is the greatest satirical work in English since Erewhon...remarkable... This is a book that I could wish everyone to read. It is a book which should help us feel more clearly
—— Philip Toynbee , ObserverThe greatest satirical work in the English language
—— ObserverA wondrous book with many layers. When I first read it at 14 the story of war and passion really inspired me. It was like reading something in neon: everything came alive. As a teenager you start to feel the world is against you and I identified strongly with Yossarian and his dilemma. One of the funniest things I've ever read.
—— Nathaniel Parker , Daily ExpressA real page-tuner
—— Mail on SundayHe [Anthony] hooks you in with his deep, complex characters; he meticulously sets the scene
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