Catch 22 is a remarkable account of the authors 10,000 mile journey through modern China, entailing all the things he saw and learnt vividly described throughout he book. Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books of all time. In recent years it has been named to “best novels” lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer.