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Book Review Clare Allen Poppy Shakespeare

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Jun 19

2006 Bloomsbury Press. Any satire on mental health is going to face inevitable comparisons to Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Allan’s debut novel, influenced by her own experiences as a mental health patient,...

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Book Review Joseph Heller Catch 22 And Closing Time

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 Feb 19

Simon & Schuster, 1961 and 1994.- Spoiler alerts Catch 22 My favourite novel ever. The story of Yossarian’s efforts to get himself out of the U.S. air force during WW2 is one of the sharpest, most savage satires of our age....

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The naming of "Catch 22"

serubhai1 @serubhai1 (203) • India 20 Sep 10

I came upon this piece of information yesterday. It seems that Joseph Heller's book was first titled "Catch 18". But, just before its release, Leon Uris got his novel "Mila 18" published. Heller and his publisher wanted to avoid...

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are you caught in a catch 22 situation?

helpmehelpyou @helpmehelpyou (534) • Canada 31 Mar 07

ever tried to get a job doing something you think you might enjoy? you need experience, but nobody will hire you because you have no experience, how do you get experience, if no one will hire you

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Finding a Job and moving house.

RieRie @RieRie (820) 7 Jan 07

Well I'm in a bit of an awkward situation. Me and my partner both need to find jobs where we'll be moving to (I think my partner can transfer), but we'll be moving 100 miles away from where we live now, so really we should get a...

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have you ever been into a catch 22 situaton ??

mimpi @mimpi1911 (25464) • India 28 Dec 06

have you ever been into a situation where either ways you were a loser ? how did you fight it out ??

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