Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House - Paperback

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Welcome to the Monkey House - Paperback

Welcome to the Monkey House - Paperback

by Kurt Vonnegut
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Book Overview

by Kurt Vonnegut (Author)

"[Kurt Vonnegut] strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. . . . There are twenty-five stories here, and each hits a nerve ending."--The Charlotte Observer

Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories share Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision.

Includes the following stories:

"Where I Live"
"Harrison Bergeron"
"Who Am I This Time?"
"Welcome to the Monkey House"
"Long Walk to Forever"
"The Foster Portfolio"
"Miss Temptation"
"All the King's Horses"
"Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog"
"New Dictionary"
"Next Door"
"More Stately Mansions"
"The Hyannis Port Story"
"D.P."
"Report on the Barnhouse Effect"
"The Euphio Question"
"Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son"
"Deer in the Works"
"The Lie"
"Unready to Wear"
"The Kid Nobody Could Handle"
"The Manned Missiles"
"Epicac"
"Adam"
"Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

Front Jacket

This collection of Vonnegut's short masterpieces share his audacious sense of humor and extraordinary creative vision.

Author Biography

Kurt Vonnegut's humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist" (The New York Times) with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, "one of the best living American writers." Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.

Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 0.81 x 8.04 x 5.33 IN
Publication Date: September 08, 1998
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Welcome to the Monkey House
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 16
ISBN9780385333504
Author Kurt Vonnegut
PublisherDial Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 1998
LanguageENG- English
Pages352
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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