Joseph Heller: Closing Time

[Yossarian89]

I've never read the sequel to Catch-22. I just got done finishing Catch-22. Is the sequel any good?

 

[mojo]

I loved Catch-22 but totally hated Closing Time and couldn't get to the end of it. I just felt that the end of Catch-22 was so phenomenal and fitting, and then you find out what happens to Yossarrian and it was such a cop-out that I felt let down. I liked the idea that he'd 'jumped' and would make it to Switzerland and live a life of danger and excitment on the run after the war, and that's just not how Heller decided to play it

 

[JKro159]

I thought that Closing time was just as excellent as catch-22