Slapstick: or Lonesome No More!
by Vonnegut, Kurt Jr
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/None,As Issued
- Seller
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Lewisville, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2005. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread copy. Full dark brown leather binding, gold inlay, gold tipped text block, silk endpapers, sewn in silk marker, Certificate of Authenticity. Book and certificate signed by Vonnegut. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. .
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
- Pat Cramer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031561
- Title
- Slapstick: or Lonesome No More!
- Author
- Vonnegut, Kurt Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None,As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I accept cash, checks, money orders and bank cards. International orders paid by check must be made out to a United States bank branch. International orders paid by money order must be a postal money order made out in United States dollars. You can return any book that you purchase from me if you are not satisfied with it.
About the Seller
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Lewisville, Texas
About Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I have been selling used and rare books internationally since 1985.I tend to list modern fiction because that is what i know the most about.I specialize on horror and suspense fiction because these are two areas that i enjoy most and because they are two areas that I know the most aboutI am not a generalist dealer but I have been known to list a small percentage of anything that looks interesting to me, fiction and non-fiction, to bring new customers to my site.
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- Tight
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