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Catch 22

Whooh! Finally completed this book. I bought this book after Shekhar's suggestion in September this year. But when I started reading this book, I simply could not connect to the crazy bunch of officers taking part in the World War II. I had to read chapter by chapter everyday - a chapter a day. I really wasn't able to understand what kind of satire it was. To give you an idea how much slow I was at the start - it took me 2 months to read first 300 pages and 1 week to read next 260. It is only when the squadron loses Clevinger during one of bombings, did I realize that this isn't the usual stuff. Previous to this book, I had read "Vyakti ani Valli", where there are various funny descriptions of people in life. Even though there is no direct similarities between the two, the sudden change of tone from humor to seriousness is common between them. 
There were times when you think everything is going funny and suddenly a tragedy happens. As the story reaches climax, with Yossarian losing each of his "pals" one by one, you think whether Yossarian's life is also going to end in tragedy till of course Chaplain comes with the news that changes his final decision.
Honestly I found it not as funny or gripping as other books I have read in Marathi, but I would love to go through the book one more time in future, because I am certain I may have overlooked many funny spots in the first half.

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