A deep novel that changes the view of the ordinary world. It's been half a century since it was first published, but "Amendment 22" is still a cornerstone of American literature and one of the most celebrated books of all time. Time, Newsweek, Modern Library, London Observer included it in the lists of "best novels," and in the list of "200 best books according to the BBC" it ranks 11th. This original story about the service of US Air Force pilots during the Second World War is full of awkward situations, no less awkward funny dialogues, crazy characters and absurd bureaucratic collisions, associated with a certain non-existent on paper, but from this no less effective "amendment-22" in the law, stating that "anyone who wants to evade a combat mission is normal and, therefore, fit for combat..."