Great American Read List discussion

This topic is for discussion of our January 2022 series, written by Joseph Heller.

I hope you'll participate and read this selection for our book club.
For those who do: share your thoughts as you read, please!
Spoilers are allowed; add a considerate warning if your comment includes any so members have the option to skip.

A few notes on this series:
* It came in at #47 on the final Great American Read list.
* The series has an average Goodreads rating of 3.98.

There are two books in the series:
1. Catch-22 written in 1961
2. Closing Time written in 1994