I am an avid reader going through 3-7 novels a week. (Yes, I do have a job - I teach night classes so I have lots of free time during the day) I first read Catch-22 years ago. I have been trying since to repeat that euphoric experience the way a coke user tries to re-live his first high. Is there nothing out there as funny and cynical? Am I forever destined to read schlock? I’ve tried Vonnegut (Some OK but…) Wag the Dog came very close. Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett weren’t bad but lacked the darker elements of true cynicism. The flunkies at the book stores seem to glaze over when I ask about this. Help me…