Catch-22 can be a little disturbing at times. You catch yourself laughing at things you know better than to laugh at, and some that are or might be against your beliefs. Add in the really funny and bad sarcasm in it. You just can't help it - at times it is written so badly that it makes it really enjoyable. I did have to read it in 11th grade in school, because some student suggest that we should, and the teacher not knowing anything about the book, allowed it. Boy did she have to stick her foot in her mouth afterwards. But we as the students got a good experience out of it.
If you liked Catch-22, try On the Road by Jack Kerouac - very disturbing and strange, but in a different way.
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