Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1977, Paperback) 
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1977, Paperback)
Publisher: Delacorte Pr
Publication Date: 1977-09-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0385289359
ISBN-13: 9780385289351
Product ID: EPID1446309
Description: The social satire SLAPSTICK, one of Kurt Vonnegut's lesser-known novels (the author himself gave it a 'D' grade), was written shortly after the death of his sister, and features Vonnegut's usual themes of absurdity and apocalypse. The n...
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Synopsis
The social satire SLAPSTICK, one of Kurt Vonnegut's lesser-known novels (the author himself gave it a 'D' grade), was written shortly after the death of his sister, and features Vonnegut's usual themes of absurdity and apocalypse. The novel's central characters are the monstrous genius Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain and his twin sister, Eliza. Though each is handicapped in various ways, together they form a genius-level intelligence. Wilbur invents a scheme for eliminating loneliness in the world, and uses this platform to become elected president of a futuristic America ravaged by two virulent plagues, one of which turns out to be caused by miniaturized Chinese. Formally scattershot, characteristically funny, and occasionally psychedelic, SLAPSTICK is permeated with a deep sense of loss and hopelessness.

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Publication Date:1977-09-01

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Flying to a favorite uncle's funeral in Indianapolis, middle-aged Kurt Vonnegut daydreams of one-hundred-year-old Wilbur Oriole-11 Swain, pediatrician and past United States President, who wrote history's most popular child-rearing manual and sold the original Louisiana Purchase.

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