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1. The Censor

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Grounded in hospital, Captain Yossarian is introduced to the unassailable circular logic of Catch 22. Read by Stuart Milligan.

Captain Yossarian is in hospital with a pain in his liver and is given the task of censoring letters.

Keen to be grounded after a disastrous mission to Avignon, Yossarian has the unassailable circular logic of Catch 22 explained to him.

"There was only one catch and that was Catch 22."

Joseph Heller鈥檚 iconoclastic 1961 novel satirising the insanity of war.

Abridged in ten parts by Robin Brooks.

Read by Stuart Milligan.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in September 2011.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 May 2023 02:00

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