Bluebeard

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From the author of Slaughterhouse 5.
In Rabo Karabekians fictional autobiography, Vonnegut creates an impeccably funny satirical piece, through the reflections of a seventy-one-year-old man.

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Vonnegut is at his edifying best. The Philadelphia Inquirer

The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again He displays all his talents satire, irony, ridicule, slapstick, and even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions. The Cincinnati Post

[Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric. San Francisco Chronicle

It has the qualities of classic Bosch andSlaughterhouseVonnegut Bluebeardis uncommonly feisty. USA Today

Is Bluebeard good Yes! This is vintage Vonnegut-good wine from his best grapes. The Detroit News

A joyride Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz along, what you observe may provide some new perspectives. Kansas City Star

Author Bio

Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America''s attention in The Siren''s of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist" with Cat''s Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene has declared, "one of the best living American writers."