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“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth. “Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut.”—Publishers Weekly
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Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
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- Released
- 1999
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Publisher
- Dial Press Trade Paperback
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0385334206
- ISBN13
- 9780385334204
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Classics, American Literature, Adapted for Film, Satire, Humorous Sci-Fi
- First published
- 1973
- Original title
- Breakfast of Champions
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- “Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth. “Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut.”—Publishers Weekly