Hilarious, incisive, and devastating, in all the right places. 
 Originally read in 1997 or so; re-read in October 2009. 
 So Celine's Journey to the End of Night was driving me completely up the wall so I fled into into this other, vastly superior deathly cynical war account, and haven't looked back. The satire is incisive and hilarious and seems to unfold, even in all its absurdity, without especially harming the sympathy and believability of its cast. Seems to be entirely as deserving of the former top marks as I'd remembered. Also, I think Yossarian and Slothrop would have gotten along alright, had their paths crossed somewhere in the Zone.