God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: A Novel
Dec 2007 · Sold by Dial Press
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“[Vonnegut] at his wildest best.”—The New York Times Book Review
Eliot Rosewater—drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation—is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature . . . with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is Kurt Vonnegut’s funniest satire, an etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh we are all heir to.
“A brilliantly funny satire on almost everything.”—Conrad Aiken
“[Vonnegut was] our finest black humorist. . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—The Atlantic Monthly
Eliot Rosewater—drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation—is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature . . . with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is Kurt Vonnegut’s funniest satire, an etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh we are all heir to.
“A brilliantly funny satire on almost everything.”—Conrad Aiken
“[Vonnegut was] our finest black humorist. . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—The Atlantic Monthly
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September 15, 2010
Oh glorious Eliot Rosewater. The goodness for the sake of goodness...The experiment which isn't really an experiment at all, but someone bored with his life? While not Vonnegut's best plot, I must say, the hidden quips and goodies in the text are Vonnegut as some of his finest prose. It is pure nonsense in its imagery, but much in a different way than Alice in Wonderland. In a much more realistic way.
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April 25, 2022
A tale of insanity, heritage, & wealth. But who is truly sane or insane?
destiny m. colbert
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May 28, 2020
Best darn book I've ever read. NOTHING was expected. My type of hype.
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About the author
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.
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