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Slapstick; or Lonesome No More!
by Vonnegut, Kurt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence [1976], 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [12], 243, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and gold and red lettering on the spine; blue topstain. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few in-text drawings. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket toned on its flaps, a closed tear on the jacket's front panel.
Synopsis
The book explores one of Vonnegut's favorite recurring themes, which is his belief in our need to belong extended families and how they would be an adequate, larger and more useful substitute for biological ones. The most endearing section of the novel, in my opinion, lies in its introduction, where Vonnegut candidly describes his beloved sister's death, which took place shortly after she had learnt of a train accident where her husband and children had been killed. As for the novel's plot, it follows the relationship of a boy and his sister who grow up together in isolation from the outside world because of their unsightliness. The boy turns out to be seen as more presentable and is separated from his sister, who grows to resent him for his seemingly desertion. Through some twists and turns they successively reunite and separate and after a major catastrophe, the boy becomes president of the United States, his campaign being centered on the formation of extended families on a grand scale.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000013903
- Title
- Slapstick; or Lonesome No More!
- Author
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence [1976]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
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