{"product_id":"slapstick-or-lonesome-no-more-9780385334235","title":"Slapstick or Lonesome No More!","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Some of the best and most moving Vonnegut.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlapstick\u003c\/i\u003e presents an apocalyptic vision as seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and last President of the United States), a wickedly irreverent look at the all-too-possible results of today's follies. But even the end of life-as-we-know-it is transformed by Kurt Vonnegut's pen into hilarious farce--a final slapstick that may be the Almighty's joke on us all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Both funny and sad . . . just about perfect.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Imaginative and hilarious . . . a brilliant vision of our wrecked, wacked-out future.\"--\u003ci\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKurt Vonnegut\u003c\/b\u003e's humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens of Titan\u003c\/i\u003e in 1959 and established him as \"a true artist\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) with \u003ci\u003eCat's Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, \"one of the best living American writers.\" Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607417688338,"sku":"9780385334235","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_39ba9d2a-feba-4542-8093-5ef8dfd1c3ba.jpg?v=1732308244","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slapstick-or-lonesome-no-more-9780385334235","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}