A few phrases from literature have outgrown their novels, slipping seamlessly into everyday conversation. “Catch-22” is one of them. It describes that maddening situation where rules contradict each ...
Yossarian, the protagonist of Joseph Heller's classic novel, Catch-22, wants to be excused from air combat. To be excused, he needs only to prove that he is mentally unstable, but there's a catch: The ...