Cat's Cradle

ISBN-13:	9780385333481
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/08/1998
Series:	Henry Holt Classics Library
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	12,913
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	790L (what's this?)

“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best.“[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly