Catch 22- Joseph Heller

Published in 1961, Catch 22 is a satirical, historical fiction novel. The book is a general critique on bureaucracy. Resulting from its specific use in the book, the phrase “Catch 22” is a common idiomatic usage for “a no win situation.” Heller’s novel was banned in Srongsville, Ohio in 1972, challenged in Dallas, Texas in 1974 and Snoqualmie, Washington in 1979 because of its several references to whores.