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Welcome To The Monkey House and Palm Sunday

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099387817

  • Length: 672  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 41mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 458g

  • RRP: £11.99

Welcome To The Monkey House and Palm Sunday

A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms from sex in the title story of Welcome to the Monkey House – setting the tone for a collection shot through with Vonnegut's acrid wit, and his bewilderment at the corruption of humanity.

From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother’s midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, Palm Sunday demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist.

This caustic, funny and poignant collection resonates with Vonnegut’s singular voice.

  • Imprint: Vintage Classics

  • ISBN: 9780099387817

  • Length: 672  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 41mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 458g

  • RRP: £11.99

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  • "Vonnegut's sharp wit and intellect are tempered but not blunted by his honesty and humanity"

    Independent

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About the Author

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut (Author) Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. An army intelligence scout during the Second World War, he was captured by the Germans and witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five. After the war he worked as a police reporter, an advertising copywriter and a public relations man for General Electric. His first novel Player Piano (1952) achieved underground success. Cat's Cradle (1963) was hailed by Graham Greene as 'one of the best novels of the year by one of the ablest living authors'. His eighth book, Slaughterhouse-Five was published in 1969 and was a literary and commercial success, and was made into a film in 1972. Vonnegut is the author of thirteen other novels, three collections of stories and five non-fiction books. Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007.

Kurt Vonnegut

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