Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House
Kurt Vonnegut
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 320pg
1 Jul 2021 UK
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9781784877033
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A masterful collection of twenty-five short stories from the inimitable Kurt VonnegutA MASTERFUL COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE SHORT STORIES FROM THE INIMITABLE AUTHOR OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5, KURT VONNEGUT ' Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer. . . a zany but moral mad scientist' Time A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms. A scientist discovers the secret to unlocking instant happiness, with unexpected consequences. In an America where everyone is equal every which way, a tennage boy plans to overthrow the system. Welcome to the Monkey House gathers together twenty-five of Kurt Vonnegut' s short stories from the 1950s and 1960s. Shot through with Vonnegut' s singular humour, wit and bewilderment at humanity, this is a collection that celebrates a true master of short-form fiction.
A joyous ragbag of a collection * Observer * After Vonnegut, everything else seems a bit tame * Spectator * One of the master alchemists of modern American fiction * Sunday Times * A cool writer, at once throwaway and passionate and very funny * Financial Times * A brilliant wacky ideas-monger * Guardian *
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.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781784877033
Published: 1 Jul 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 35mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 320

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