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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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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.3. Seller Inventory # G0586040110I3N00
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.3. Seller Inventory # G0586040110I5N00
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.3. Seller Inventory # G0586040110I5N00
Book Description Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 271pp incl numerous naive but wonderful drawings by the author. First hard-cover UK publication 1973. Granada Panther Special Overseas Edition published 1974. This copy is a first printing from the subsequent Panther publication in 1975. Small gift inscription to bottom of one of the prelim pages. Pages quite heavily age-tanned. Some creasing to bottom corner of back cover. Spine is uncreased. The book looks fresh and has that heady aroma that can only come from a vintage paperback. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 003513
Book Description Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Slight wear and creasing otherwise very good. Seller Inventory # C216265
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. (1978). Edge wear to cover with age-related shelf soiling; tanning to pages (more marked on edges) with shelf soiling to edges of book block and small stain on fore edge. Seller Inventory # 096485