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Overview“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth. “Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut.”—Publishers Weekly Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kurt Vonnegut , Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780385334204ISBN 10: 0385334206 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 11 May 1999 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsIt's marvelous...he wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable. -- The New York Times <br> Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer....A zany but moral mad scientist. -- Time <br> Free-wheeling, wild and great....Uniquely Vonnegut. -- Publishers Weekly Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable. --The New York Times Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut. --Publishers Weekly Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable. The New York Times Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist. Time Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut. Publishers Weekly Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable. <i>The New York Times </i> Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist. <i>Time</i> Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut. <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Author InformationKurt Vonnegut’s humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as “a true artist” (The New York Times) with Cat’s Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |