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Jailbird
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ISBN10: 0385333900
ISBN13: 9780385333900
Publisher: Dial Press
Published: Jan 12 1999
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.26 Depth: 8.01
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780385333900
Publisher: Dial Press
Published: Jan 12 1999
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.26 Depth: 8.01
Language: English
[Kurt Vonnegut] has never been more satirically on-target. . . . Nothing is spared.--People Jailbird takes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in government--and in the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portrait of power and politics in our times. Praise for Jailbird [Vonnegut] is our strongest writer . . . the most stubbornly imaginative.--John Irving A gem . . . a mature, imaginative novel--possibly the best he has written . . . Jailbird is a guided tour de force of America. Take it!--Playboy A profoundly humane comedy . . . Jailbird definitely mounts up on angelic wings--in its speed, in its sparkle, and in its high-flying intent.--Chicago Tribune Book World Joyously inventive . . . gleams with the loony magic Vonnegut alone can achieve.--Cosmopolitan Vonnegut is our great apocalyptic writer, the closest thing we've had to a prophet since . . . Lenny Bruce.--Chicago Sun-Times Vonnegut at his impressive best. . . . His imaginative leaps alone . . . are worth the price of admission. . . . His far-reaching metaphysical and cultural concerns . . . are ultimately serious and worth our contemplation.--The Washington Post
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