| Slapstick or Lonesome No More! Contributor(s): Vonnegut, Kurt (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385334230 ISBN-13: 9780385334235 Publisher: Dial Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: Slapstick presents an apocalyptic vision 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 Vonnegut' s pen into hilarious farce (a final slapstick that may be the Almighty' s joke on us all.) " Vonnegut' s ongoing puppet show... that fabulous is reborn." -- John Updike " Both funny and sad... just about perfect!" -- "Los Angeles Times " " Imaginative and hilarious... a brilliant vision of our wrecked, wacked-out future." -- "Hartford Courant "*"The New York Times" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-apocalyptic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005285165 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.29" W x 7.99" (0.53 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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 |