{"product_id":"galapagos-9780385333870","title":"Galapagos","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A madcap genealogical adventure . . . Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGal pagos \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Gal pagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this inimitable novel, America' s master satirist looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry-and all that is worth saving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGal pagos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The best Vonnegut novel yet \"\u003cb\u003e--John Irving\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beautiful . . . provocative, arresting reading.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A satire in the classic tradition . . . a dark vision, a heartfelt warning.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Detroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Interesting, engaging, sad and yet very funny . . . Vonnegut is still in top form. If he has no prescription for alleviating the pain of the human condition, at least he is a first-rate diagnostician.\"\u003cb\u003e--Susan Isaacs, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Dark . . . original and funny.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A triumph of style, originality and warped yet consistent logic . . . a condensation, an evolution of Vonnegut's entire career, including all the issues and questions he has pursued relentlessly for four decades.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wild details, wry humor, outrageous characters . . . \u003ci\u003eGal pagos\u003c\/i\u003e is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vison.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A work of high comedy, sadness and imagination.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wacky wit and irreverent imagination . . . and the full range of technical innovations have made  Vonnegut] America's preeminent experimental novelist.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star and Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kurt Vonnegut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385333870\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":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46177545093334,"sku":"9780385333870","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_f342267a-db53-4918-8b1a-624dec06e00b.jpg?v=1726746627","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/galapagos-9780385333870","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}