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Happy Birthday, Wanda June

By Kurt Vonnegut
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Harold Ryan, a celebrated big game hunter and war hero, returns home after being presumed dead for eight years in the Amazon rainforest. He discovers his wife is now with a hippy doctor, and his son has become a pampered figure quite unlike the rugged character Harold once knew. Amidst the hunting trophies, a mysterious birthday cake with the inscription Happy Birthday Wanda June appears, raising questions about the family's changes and the meaning of Wanda June.
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This play will appeal to readers interested in sharp satire, dark humour, and explorations of post-war American culture, particularly fans of Kurt Vonnegut's unique voice and literary style.

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For eight years, big game hunter and war hero Harold Ryan has been presumed dead, lost in the Amazon rainforest while hunting for diamonds. Though his hunting trophies remain, an inexplicable birthday cake sits in the living room bearing a strange icing inscription: Happy Birthday Wanda June.

The follow-up to Slaughterhouse-Five and the only play written by cult writer Kurt Vonnegut

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The follow-up to Slaughterhouse-Five and the only play written by cult writer Kurt Vonnegut.

For eight years, big game hunter and war hero Harold Ryan has been presumed dead, lost in the Amazon rainforest while hunting for diamonds. Now he's back, only to find his wife engaged to a hippy doctor and his son transformed into a pampered sissy.

Though his hunting trophies remain, an inexplicable birthday cake sits in the living room bearing a strange icing inscription—Happy Birthday Wanda June. Can the household bear the returning force of Harold's machismo? And who on earth is Wanda June?

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Los Angeles Times praises the book for its flashes of plain wisdom that capture what made Vonnegut beloved. The Times calls Vonnegut the wittiest man since Groucho Marx and the wisest since Karl Marx, highlighting his sharp humour and insightful commentary.

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ISBN: 9780099583660

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 December 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 85g

Pages: 120

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About the Author

Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. During WWII, as a prisoner of war in Germany, he witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired Slaughterhouse Five. He died in 2007.

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