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MONEY TALKS, MONEY LAUGHS, MONEY CRIES Walter F. Starbuck went to Harvard because he was befriended by a millionaire. He went to prison because Richard Nixon's henchmen used his office to hide a trunkful of none-too-legal dollars. He went into the Down Home Records Division of the RAMJAC Corporation because... because he met a shopping-bag lady on the street? Because he used to be a communist? Maybe just because Jailbird is a magical experience, angry, funny, and sad, in which the things we do on our strange planet sparkle in a whole new light.
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Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut
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- Released
- 1980
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- Title
- Jailbird
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing
- Released
- 1980
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Humor, Sci-Fi, Classics, Contemporary Fiction, USA, 20th century, American Literature, Fun, Satire, Contemporary History, Chaos, Humorous Sci-Fi
- First published
- 1979
- Original title
- Jailbird
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- MONEY TALKS, MONEY LAUGHS, MONEY CRIES Walter F. Starbuck went to Harvard because he was befriended by a millionaire. He went to prison because Richard Nixon's henchmen used his office to hide a trunkful of none-too-legal dollars. He went into the Down Home Records Division of the RAMJAC Corporation because... because he met a shopping-bag lady on the street? Because he used to be a communist? Maybe just because Jailbird is a magical experience, angry, funny, and sad, in which the things we do on our strange planet sparkle in a whole new light.