Synopsis
The author questions the condition of modern man in this novel depicting a science-fiction writer's struggle to find peace and sanity in the world
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Review
"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane." So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity--both sets of ideas bounce through this challenging and funny book. As with the rest of Vonnegut's pure fantasy, it lacks the shimmering, fact-fueled rage that illuminates Slaughterhouse-Five. At the same time, that makes this book perhaps more enjoyable to read.
Breakfast of Champions is a slippery, lucid, bleakly humorous jaunt through (sick? inhumane?) America circa 1973, with Vonnegut acting as our Virgil-like companion. The book follows its main character, auto-dealing solid-citizen Dwayne Hoover, down into madness, a condition brought on by the work of the aforementioned Kilgore Trout. As Dwayne cracks, then crumbles, Breakfast of Champions coolly shows the effects his dementia has on the web of characters surrounding him. It's not much of a plot, but it's enough for Vonnegut to air unique opinions on America, sex, war, love, and all of his other pet topics--you know, the only ones that really count.
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Breakfast Of Champions is vintage Vonnegut. One of his favorite characters, aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. The result 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.
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Breakfast of Champions
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Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1973
ISBN 10: 0385280890
ISBN 13: 9780385280891
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Kurt Vonnegut (illustrator). Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0385280890I5N01
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ISBN 10: 0385280890
ISBN 13: 9780385280891
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Kurt Vonnegut (illustrator). Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0385280890I3N01
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Kurt Vonnegut (illustrator). Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Spine lean, but the binding remains structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Gutter code: 19P. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1594294684
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Kurt Vonnegut (illustrator). Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards and dust jacket show signs of wear. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1873950064
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Breakfast of Champions
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ISBN 10: 0385280890
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Kurt Vonnegut (illustrator). Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bending and bowing to boards and page block. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1872652259
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Breakfast of Champions
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ISBN 10: 0385280890
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Kurt Vonnegut (illustrator). Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Gutter code reads "19P" on page 301. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1874005185