Book

Novels, 1976-1985 / Kurt Vonnegut ; Sidney Offit, editor.

ISBN: 9781598533040
ISBN: 1598533045
Physical Description: 878 p. ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : The Library of America, [2014]

Vonnegut, Kurt. (author.). Offit, Sidney. (editor.). Vonnegut, Kurt. Slapstick. (Added Author). Vonnegut, Kurt. Jailbird. (Added Author). Vonnegut, Kurt. Deadeye Dick. (Added Author). Vonnegut, Kurt. Gal©Łpagos. (Added Author).

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.