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Welcome To The Monkey House and Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

Welcome To The Monkey House and Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

by KurtVonnegut (Author)

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    Paperback 1994

    $15.38
Synopsis

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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 672
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 21 Jul 1994
ISBN 10: 0099387816
ISBN 13: 9780099387817
Book Overview: A selection of the best sci-fi shorts from an American genius of the genre, collected alongside his most personal essays.

Media Reviews
Vonnegut's sharp wit and intellect are tempered but not blunted by his honesty and humanity * Independent *
These taut, concise stories show us the roots of a great Rube Goldberg literary career * Los Angeles Times *
Wonderfully wicked * Washington Post *
Twisted, funny, sci-fi and high-concept. It's a great, great book -- Rebecca Romijin-Stamos * Independent *
A brilliant wacky ideas-monger * Observer *
Author Bio
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. During the Second World War he served in Europe and, as a prisoner of war in Germany, witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired the canonic war novel Slaughterhouse-Five. He is the author of thirteen other novels, which include Cat's Cradle, Jailbird, Deadeye Dick, Galapagos and Bluebeard, two collections of stories, and three non-fiction books. He died in 2007.