God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is a comic masterpice. Eliot Rosewater, drunk, volunteer fireman, and president of the fabulously rich Rosewater foundation, is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature... with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. The result is Vonnegut's funniest satire, an etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh we are all heir to.
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Review:
"Vonnegut faces up to the less glamorous phenomenon of human mediocrity in this sharp, hilarious, boundlessly humane story. It taught me about compassion and a few things about writing good dialogue" (Michel Faber Glasgow Herald)
"Rumbustious stuff... There may be greater novelists than Vonnegut, but there can be a few, if any, with as much good humour and generosity" (Guardian)
"Filled with irony and black humour and a woozy bonhomie" (Sunday Times)
"Wild hilarity" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Extremely funny" (Observer)
Book Description:
The story of a man who reacts to past tragedy, family greed and fabulous wealth by promptly going insane
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- PublisherBantam Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 044012929X
- ISBN 13 9780440129295
- BindingPaperback
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