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| Original Title: | Slapstick |
| ISBN: | 0385334230 (ISBN13: 9780385334235) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain |
| Setting: | United States of America |
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.87 | 34610 Users | 1384 Reviews
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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.
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| Title | : | Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! |
| Author | : | Kurt Vonnegut Jr. |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | May 11th 1999 by Dial Press (first published 1976) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Humor. Classics. Literature. Novels. American |
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Ratings: 3.87 From 34610 Users | 1384 ReviewsWrite-Up About Books Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
Hmmm deformed, incestuous fraternal twins become geniuses when they touch their heads together. One is the last President of the United States of America. Ridiculous, yes? No. This is Vonnegut! I liked this one. I like all Vonnegut actually. I'm very biased, don't listen to me. Hi ho.
Note that I am giving this book a low rating as compared to Vonnegut's other books, and is not necessarily reflective of my opinion of it as a fine work of fiction.Really, when compared to the similarly-themed Cat's Cradle and The Sirens of Titan , this one just doesn't hold up as well. It boasts a classic Vonnegatian comedic end-of-the-world scenario, but Slapstick just doesn't quite live up to the standard set by his previous novels, and achieved again by later ones. I guess I can't really
If you can do no good, at least do no harm.Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go around looking for it, and I think it can be poisonous. I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, 'Please a little less love, and a little more common decency'.What does seem important? Bargaining in good faith with destiny. Kurt Vonnegut's Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! is a sort of autobiography within an autobiography. In the
Actual rating: 4.5*This shall be one of my shortest reviews, because all that needs to be said of this book, can be derived from the next six words*AbsurdProfoundEndlessly comicalHi Ho
And with that, I learned once again that I was an asshole. I read 'Cat's Cradle' when I was in high school and taking a lot of ecstasy, so I hated everything except the Chemical Brothers. Since I hated Cat's Cradle then, I've assumed that I didn't like Mr Vonnegut for the last, what, dozen years? I only picked this one up 'cause I never see old editions of it and Josh said it's his favorite. That all sucks. I mean, I don't think he's perfect- I'd remembered his kind of smug, eccentric uncle
This is definitely a farcical style Vonnegut novel that takes the reader into a satirical and dark world that Vonnegut fans love. The time is far into the future when the government of the United States barely exists and the protagonist of the novel, the president of the United States, explains how things got this way. The book was written 40 years ago, and its is amazing how Kurt made predictions that have come into being. There are also many comical observations about politics that still hold
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