ISBN: 9780099842606
Release Date: 21 May 1992
Average rating:   (read by 208 members)

Categories: Modern fiction

In a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society, releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene.

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BlueSkies305
Rated it   1 months ago
My introduction to Vonnegut and the beginning of a lifelong admiration for his quirky humor. I think the science fiction label is applied because there is no other category in which to pigeonhole his writing. He mentions science every now and again...

jessiebird
Rated it   8 months ago
My favorite Vonnegut!

mgmaudlin
Rated it   10 months ago
This book was revelatory in high school. It gave me hope that I was not alone in the universe.

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