Breakfast of champions, or, Goodbye blue Monday!
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New York : Dial Press, [2006].
Edition
Dial Press trade paperback ed.
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302 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2006
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SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2006
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Gerlach Community Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2011
1 available
SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2011
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South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction
SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2011
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SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2011
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction | SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2006 | On Shelf |
| Gerlach Community Library - Adult Fiction | SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2011 | On Shelf |
| South Valleys Library - Adult Fiction | SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2011 | On Shelf |
| Sparks Library - Adult Fiction | SCIENCE FICTION VONNEG 2006 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Dial Press, [2006].
Format
Book
Edition
Dial Press trade paperback ed.
Language
English
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Aging writer Kilgore Trout finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. The result is a murderous satire looking at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America
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Dwayne Hoover, a successful automobile dealer in Midland City, suddenly decides that he is a machine and begins to act accordingly. Science fiction writer Kilgore Trout is on his way to the Midland City Festival of the Arts. When they meet, the result is catastrophe.
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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 TimesIn Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonneguts 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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“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”&#٬٢٠١٤؛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.”&#٬٢٠١٤؛Publishers Weekly
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vonnegut, K. (2006). Breakfast of champions, or, Goodbye blue Monday! (Dial Press trade paperback ed.). Dial Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt. 2006. Breakfast of Champions, Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!. Dial Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt. Breakfast of Champions, Or, Goodbye Blue Monday! Dial Press, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt. Breakfast of Champions, Or, Goodbye Blue Monday! Dial Press trade paperback ed., Dial Press, 2006.
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