3.9
Breakfast of Champions
“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
English & College SuccessEnglishFictionNon-Classifiable
RELEASED2009
PUBLISHERRandom House Digital Inc.
LENGTH320
LANGUAGEENGLISH
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was an American novelist who wrote works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as [*Slaughterhouse-Five* (1969)][1], [*Cat's Cradle* (1963)][2], and [*Breakfast of Champions* (1973)][3]. He was known for his humanist beliefs as well as being honorary president of the American Humanist Association. He is widely considered one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98474W/Slaughterhouse-Five [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98482W/Cat's_Cradle [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98488W/Breakfast_of_Champions
3.9
Breakfast of Champions
“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
English & College SuccessEnglishFictionNon-Classifiable
RELEASED2009
PUBLISHERRandom House Digital Inc.
LENGTH320
LANGUAGEENGLISH
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was an American novelist who wrote works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as [*Slaughterhouse-Five* (1969)][1], [*Cat's Cradle* (1963)][2], and [*Breakfast of Champions* (1973)][3]. He was known for his humanist beliefs as well as being honorary president of the American Humanist Association. He is widely considered one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98474W/Slaughterhouse-Five [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98482W/Cat's_Cradle [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98488W/Breakfast_of_Champions
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