Book Review - a classic - sort of....

It’s been said that you can read any chapter in this book in any order as long as the last chapter remains the end, and it will still make as much sense. I firmly believe this to be true, not because the book is hard to understand or rambling. It is very focused and remains one of the greater anti-war novels of our time (Slaughterhouse Five being another great one of the same genre). It is the story of a slightly wacky fighter squadron on the fictional Mediterranean island of Pianosa during WWII. The book's humor focuses around a captain that wants nothing more than to escape the hellish war around him, and to strive to understand the group of utter misfits that make up his regiment. As a reference point for those of you interested in the book, there are many times where the storyline will later be replayed in several episodes of MASH. It has a good quality of off the wall humor and a moral to boot.

Similar books:
Slaughterhouse Five: Vonnegut (Curerntly featured at my store)
Mother Night: Vonnegut
Going After Cacciato: O’Brien
Red Sky at Morning: Richard Bradford

Grade: A+