Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Catch 22 is a brilliant work by Joseph Heller, who describes an intellectual's nightmare. He describes a dystopian World War 2 in a way that makes us crack with laughter as well as pity those few characters abiding by logic in a world of irrational behaviours. It is satirical tale of Yossarian, who understands the futility of war and sees no logic in sacrificing his life for this bloodbath. It depicts his unsuccessful attempts of running away from war, some of which are so hilarious that I had to stop reading to laugh it off. Every character created by Heller is a masterpiece. Milo Minderbinder, a management guy's horror; I was laughing and admiring Heller's ability to distort logic when he depicts Milo's supply chain management and then every other character agrees with Milo just because they don't understand it. So many other characters like Orr, Hungry Joe, Major Major Major Major (yes, that's a name of a character), Nately's whore, Chaplain, Colonel Cathcart leave an imprint on your mind. Heller proves that when you take up insane logic and go even more insane with the story, you create a truly great work of art. So, go read Catch-22.