
Book
Slapstick or Lonesome No More!
A Novel
Kurt Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 11, 1999
Reading lane: Funny Sci-Fi
“Some of the best and most moving Vonnegut.”— San Francisco Chronicle Slapstick presents an apocalyptic vision as seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and last President of the United States), a wickedly irreverent look at the all-too-possible results of today’s follies.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Off-Kilter Futurism
A darkly funny, off-kilter ride where science fiction and absurdity keep elbowing each other.
Come here for
- Vonnegut’s dry, lopsided humor
- A sci-fi frame that keeps wobbling
Expect
- Apocalyptic aftertaste
- Sharp, comic detours
Book Details
- Authors
- Kurt Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- May 11, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Funny Sci-Fi · Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Reading lane
- Funny Sci-Fi
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Publisher Categories
Literary Fiction
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Satire
About This Book
“Some of the best and most moving Vonnegut.”— San Francisco Chronicle Slapstick presents an apocalyptic vision as seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and last President of the United States), a wickedly irreverent look at the all-too-possible results of today’s follies. But even the end of life-as-we-know-it is transformed by Kurt Vonnegut’s pen into hilarious farce—a final slapstick that may be the Almighty’s joke on us all. “Both funny and sad . . . jus...
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