) ISBN 0-684-83339-5 OCLC Number 35231812 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 22 LC Classification PS3558.E476 C3 2004 Followed by Closing Time (1994) Catch-22 is a satirical , historical novel by the American author Joseph Heller , first published in 1961. The novel, set during the later stages of World War II from 1944