Etc., Go Russian

Perfect for my Disneyland trip via occupy landscape...

Edit: Actually I don't know how perfect it was... this book took me almost a month too read. With all the concentration I needed.. bringing this on my Disneyland trip was more distracting than anything. I won't go into the Disneyland trip cause there was nothing close to a vacation that became of it.

Despite the month - or what I feel is the longest time I've spent on a book, I'm pretty damn happy I read this. When I finally got over the fact that it is not exactly chronological, it was pretty damn funny, ridiculous, cynical... and yes, it did feel like Heller was yelling words from the pages. I have to admit that this is the first war book that I can genuinely admit that I enjoyed. Heller seriously packed each sentence with quick wit, sometime too quick that to catch the novelty of each sentence, one might have to do a re-read. Each character is also animated in his own right and one gets to know Yossarian, Hungry Joe, Nately, Milo, Cathcart, chaplain, and the rest all too well. Definitely a play on how absurd war can be and its more relevent than ever.
Reminded me a bit of Abby's Monkey Wrench Gang with its black humor and the rebellious energy it exudes.


I'm ready to pick this up again. It's dark and cold outside, as opposed to the beach weather we had when I first tried to pick it up, to literally read on the beach. Right.