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Slapstick or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut

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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

Affinity

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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“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 . . . just about perfect.”— Los Angeles Times “Imaginative and hilarious . . . a brilliant vision of our wrecked, wacked-out future.”— Hartford Courant

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