Breakfast of Champions
(Libby/OverDrive eAudiobook)
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Published
HarperCollins , 2004.
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Checked Out
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Description
“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York TimesIn Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth.“Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut.”—Publishers Weekly
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Format
eAudiobook
Edition
Unabridged
Street Date
5/4/2004
Language
English
ISBN
9780060764234
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Readers who enjoy Kurt Vonnegut's free-form, discursive later works, which satirize everything in a droll intellectual voice that never quite goes over the edge into sarcasm, may enjoy the whimsical novels of Romanian poet and essayist Andrei Codrescu. Codrescu's piquant stew of ribaldry and philosophy tickles both the mind and the funny bone. -- Katherine Johnson
Fans of Kurt Vonnegut's more lighthearted science fiction may enjoy the silly and irreverent humor of Douglas Adams. Although much of Vonnegut's writing is more darkly satirical than that of Adams, readers will find that both authors employ outlandish storylines, eccentric characters, and clever and unconventional use of language. -- Victoria Fredrick
Novels and short stories by both writers include flawed characters, wildly unpredictable plots, and wry observations about our species and our future. Kurt Vonnegut's fiction typically focuses on society's failings like war, injustice, and environmental destruction, while Philip K. Dick's work poses questions about future technologies, ESP, alternate realities, and theology. -- Alicia Cavitt
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Theodore Sturgeon and Kurt Vonnegut humorously explore moral and existential dilemmas and expose the ability of human cruelty to produce alienation and social and sexual repression, yet their writing stays humorous, avoiding outright sarcasm. Both employ a variety of styles, from macabre horror to visionary fable (Sturgeon) to numerous science fiction subgenres (Vonnegut). -- Katherine Johnson
Fans of witty insights and experimental forms will enjoy the unique speculative fiction novels and short stories of Charles Yu and Kurt Vonnegut. Both writers create inventive storylines within familiar tropes and avoid scientific complexities by focusing on relatable human issues, social themes, and the impact of emerging technologies on society. -- Alicia Cavitt
Fans of satire will enjoy both James Morrow and Kurt Vonnegut, both of whom employ a lush, wildly inventive prose style and surreal, boisterous storylines in madcap adventures that explore and explode profound questions of good and evil, inspiration and idiocy. -- Katherine Johnson
These literary fiction authors craft witty, darkly humorous stories that humanize dramatic events, raise thought-provoking questions, and often highlight human failure or illustrate dire consequences of poor judgment. Both authors have stylistically complex and unconventional writing styles and have written novels, short stories, and nonfiction. -- Alicia Cavitt
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Published Reviews
Library Journal Review
First published in 1973, Breakfast of Champions traces the cross-country journey of the long-suffering sf writer Kilgore Trout, who, to his amazement, is invited to attend an arts festival in a gritty Midwestern town. As Kilgore's picaresque adventure unfolds, Vonnegut drops in barbs on such contemporary American maladies as war, consumerism, racism, and pollution. Written when the author was experimenting with the novel form, this is the kind of book that listeners will either love or hate. It is composed in the simplest prose imaginable, and the original print edition was laced with Vonnegut's own crude line drawings. Those illustrations are naturally missing from this audio edition, but their absence is more than compensated for by actor Stanley Tucci's excellent narration. He reads in a relaxed and detached manner well suited to its content, sounding remarkably like a younger Vonnegut. Recommended for libraries with established devotees.-R. Kent Rasmussen, Thousand Oaks, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vonnegut, K., & Tucci, S. (2004). Breakfast of Champions (Unabridged). HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt and Stanley Tucci. 2004. Breakfast of Champions. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt and Stanley Tucci. Breakfast of Champions HarperCollins, 2004.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Vonnegut, K. and Tucci, S. (2004). Breakfast of champions. Unabridged HarperCollins.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt, and Stanley Tucci. Breakfast of Champions Unabridged, HarperCollins, 2004.
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