Postmodern scizoprhenic, his identity has melted into other peoples identitys. Dr. Hillarious-is unhappylly crazy. For mucho there is no boarder between the self and the other. Its all about effective communication, according to pynchon, the message should not be completely clear, but it cant be completely obscure. It has to be in the middle. The novel uses different types of discourse, songs, drama, burlesque, a lot of puns. Mucho Maos works in a radio station KCUF. There is no conclusive answer. At the end of the novel the lot nr 49 is cried out. 10.04.13 Experimental postmodernists: Barth, Donald Barthelme, William Gass, Joseph Heller Joseph Heller ,,Catch-22". The heroe is Jossarian-armenianamerican. He doesn't want to fight anymore in the war. He says that he's crazy in order to get out of fighting. He is told that he can't be crazy. Military law catch 22. Dark humour, the absurdity of life. Situations seem foolish, unreasonable