Luciana

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Luciana is a character in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22,

Yossarian meets Luciana in Rome, Italy, and takes her out for dinner, then for 'ficky-fick' the next morning. They later engage in a typically circular Hellerian exchange, in which Yossarian convinces Luciana that he is crazy for wanting to marry her, and then tells her she is crazy for not wanting to marry him.

Hungry Joe bursts in, hoping to capture a photograph of the two in action, with Yossarian and Luciana nimbly side stepping his attempts. Later, Luciana gives Yossarian her address saying that he will tear it up as soon as she goes thinking that he is some of kind of big shot. Although Yossarian promises not to, he tears it up as soon as she leaves, only to regret his actions soon after. He tries hard, but he never is able to find her address or Luciana again.

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Yossarian • Aarfy • Appleby • Captain Black • The Chaplain • Colonel Cargill • Colonel Cathcart • Clevinger • Nurse Cramer • Major Danby • Doc Daneeka • Major —— de Coverley • General Dreedle • Dobbs • Nurse Duckett • Dunbar • Dori Duz • Lieutenant Engle • Captain Flume • Gus & Wes • Havermeyer • Huple • Hungry Joe • Kid Sampson • Sergeant Knight • Corporal Kolodny • Colonel Korn • Kraft • Luciana • Major Major Major Major • McWatt • Michaela • Milo Minderbinder • Colonel Moodus • Mudd (aka the Dead Man in Yossarian's tent) • Nately • Orr • General Peckem • Piltchard & Wren • Major Sanderson • Lieutenant/General Scheisskopf • Mrs Scheisskopf • Corporal Snark • Snowden • The Soldier Who Sees Everything Twice (aka Giuseppe) • Dr. Stubbs • Sergeant Towser • Lieutenant Travers • Corporal Whitcomb • Chief White Halfoat • ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen
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