Cat's Cradle

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Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle (1965, Penguin)

Paperback, 179 pages

Published Nov. 8, 1965 by Penguin.

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Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's Cradle is one of the twentieth century's most important works -- and Vonnegut at his very best.

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