--- product_id: 8720860 title: "Closing Time: The Sequel to Catch-22" price: "€ 25.05" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8720860-closing-time-the-sequel-to-catch-22 store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Closing Time: The Sequel to Catch-22 **Price:** € 25.05 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Closing Time: The Sequel to Catch-22 - **How much does it cost?** € 25.05 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8720860-closing-time-the-sequel-to-catch-22) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A darkly comic and ambitious sequel to the American classic Catch-22. Joseph Heller revisits the unforgettable characters of Catch-22, now facing the twilight of their lives and the end of the century. The generation that fought in World War II—Yossarian, Milo Minderbinder, the chaplain, along with newcomers little Sammy Singer and giant Lew—are bound together in uneasy peace and old age, fighting not the Germans this time, but the inevitability of The End. Closing Time deftly satirizes the realities and the myths of postwar America with the same ferocious humor as his masterpiece, Catch-22 , exploring the absurdity of our politics, the decline of our society and great cities, and the greed and hypocrisy at the heart of our business and culture. Outrageously funny yet deadly serious, and as brilliant as Catch-22 itself, Closing Time is a fun-house mirror reflecting, at once grotesquely and accurately, who we truly are. Review: closing time - Closing Time is as hilarious and imaginative as Catch-22 and Good as Gold, two other stories by Heller that I've read. I love the allusions to Dante's Inferno--that scene is rich with metaphor, the people on the steps/tunnel on one side of the door, separated from the good and the bad, the door between. And later on, the wires hanging separated, connections broken. The story is chock-full of allusions to other art, written, performed, and painted. One need not be fluent in allusion to appreciate the story. Many of the characters from Catch-22 are present and accounted for. There's a scene with ex-pfc Wintergreen and another...the name of which I've forgotten, Milo perhaps...that is truly hilarious. Profanity is employed. As I was reading it, I had to stifle my laughter, as the wife was nearby and rather than try to explain "honey! what are you laughing at" by interrupting my read by handing her the desertcart kindle (this tool is a treasure) so she could read it herself (can you imagine the jokes that are coming? like the remote?)...where was I? But so...and but it was easier to try not laughing (not easy) than to interrupt my reading of the story...the offset is that I had to take numerous breaks to wipe the small screen. Oops. This story is way-under-appreciated. And it is well-worth a reread, given time. Review: Meh. - It may be a sequel, but doesn't add much - if anything - to the impact of the original in my opinion. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #89,150 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #845 in Fiction Satire #1,270 in War Fiction (Books) #5,164 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 546 Reviews | ## Images ![Closing Time: The Sequel to Catch-22 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ZLxFUogGL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ closing time *by B***A on January 18, 2011* Closing Time is as hilarious and imaginative as Catch-22 and Good as Gold, two other stories by Heller that I've read. I love the allusions to Dante's Inferno--that scene is rich with metaphor, the people on the steps/tunnel on one side of the door, separated from the good and the bad, the door between. And later on, the wires hanging separated, connections broken. The story is chock-full of allusions to other art, written, performed, and painted. One need not be fluent in allusion to appreciate the story. Many of the characters from Catch-22 are present and accounted for. There's a scene with ex-pfc Wintergreen and another...the name of which I've forgotten, Milo perhaps...that is truly hilarious. Profanity is employed. As I was reading it, I had to stifle my laughter, as the wife was nearby and rather than try to explain "honey! what are you laughing at" by interrupting my read by handing her the amazon kindle (this tool is a treasure) so she could read it herself (can you imagine the jokes that are coming? like the remote?)...where was I? But so...and but it was easier to try not laughing (not easy) than to interrupt my reading of the story...the offset is that I had to take numerous breaks to wipe the small screen. Oops. This story is way-under-appreciated. And it is well-worth a reread, given time. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Meh. *by F***E on December 3, 2025* It may be a sequel, but doesn't add much - if anything - to the impact of the original in my opinion. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Who Misses Yossarian? *by T***T on July 18, 2017* Closing Time is the sequel to Catch-22. If you're of a certain age you'll remember the popularity of the book (we read more back then) and the ensuing movie. In Closing Time you can follow Yossarian post-retirement, livin' the dream, and how he foils a mili- -- oh wait. Nope. No spoilers. :-) I'd give it five stars except that nothing will ever match the original. But if you DID read the original (Nately's whore, and his death; Milo Minderbinder and the great parachute swap) reading this is catching up with old friends. 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