Garrett Rady "Catch-22"

I chose to read Catch-22 by Joseph Heller because when I entered Borders to pick out a summer book, I asked the store clerk what she recommended. She gave me the rundown on each book and how she thought of each one and she kept going back to Catch-22. She kept saying how it was a very intricate book and it made you think. She also said it was one of the more complicated books on the list but also had a very sadistic humor to it. Since I don't mind reading complex novels too much and I enjoy humorous books I chose to read it. I also chose this novel because I have always heard of the phrase "Catch-22" but I never knew what it meant. Reading this book has taught me the origin of the phrase. I think it is important for people to know about famous phrases and to be familiar with a classic such as Catch-22 because I feel it makes you a much more rounded individual.