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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Vonnegut, Kurt, author.     Subjects     Vonnegut, Kurt -- Literary collections.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Vonnegut, Kurt, author.       by title:      Novels, 1976-1985 / ...         MARC Display

Novels, 1976-1985 / Kurt Vonnegut ; Sidney Offit, editor. by Vonnegut, Kurt, author. New York : Library of America, c2014. Subjects Vonnegut, Kurt -- Literary collections. ISBN:  1598533045 9781598533040 : Series:  Library of America ; 252. Description:  878 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Contents:  Slapstick -- Jailbird -- Deadeye Dick -- Galápagos -- Appendix. Requests:  0 Summary:  Slapstick (1976) takes the form of the post-apocalyptic memoirs of Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain, architect of a brilliant scheme to rid mankind of loneliness. Jailbird (1979) is a political fable of our time, the biography of a good man who becomes embroiled in several of the worst political scandals of the American century. Deadeye Dick (1982) depicts a talentless playwright's struggle to atone for the crimes of his youth and the sins of his country. Galápagos (1985), a favorite of the author's among his books, tells the story of how and why a million years ago, during the global ecological disaster of 1986, humankind embarked on an unlikely evolution. The volume is rounded out with an assortment of Vonnegut rarities: speeches, essays, and commentary from the period that touch upon the themes, incidents, and particulars of the novels.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Manoa Public Library Adult Fiction Vonnegut Transit Add Copy to MyList

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