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Welcome to the Monkey House

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By (author): Kurt Vonnegut

A MASTERFUL COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE SHORT STORIES FROM THE INIMITABLE AUTHOR OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5, KURT VONNEGUT

'Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer...a zany but moral mad scientist' Time

A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms. A scientist discovers the secret to unlocking instant happiness, with unexpected consequences. In an America where everyone is equal every which way, a tennage boy plans to overthrow the system.

Welcome to the Monkey House gathers together twenty-five of Kurt Vonnegut's short stories from the 1950s and 1960s. Shot through with Vonnegut's singular humour, wit and bewilderment at humanity, this is a collection that celebrates a true master of short-form fiction.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 226g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 197mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Jul 2021
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781784877033

About Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. An army intelligence scout during the Second World War he was captured by the Germans and witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers an experience which inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five. After the war he worked as a police reporter an advertising copywriter and a public relations man for General Electric. His first novel Player Piano (1952) achieved underground success. Cat's Cradle (1963) was hailed by Graham Greene as 'one of the best novels of the year by one of the ablest living authors'. His eighth book Slaughterhouse-Five was published in 1969 and was a literary and commercial success and was made into a film in 1972. Vonnegut is the author of thirteen other novels three collections of stories and five non-fiction books. Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007.

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