{"product_id":"galapagos-by-kurt-vonnegut-9780385333870","title":"Galapagos","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A madcap genealogical adventure . . . Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.”\u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGalápagos\u003c\/em\u003e takes 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 Galápagos 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eGalápagos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The best Vonnegut novel yet!”—\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Irving\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Beautiful . . . provocative, arresting reading.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A satire in the classic tradition . . . a dark vision, a heartfelt warning.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Detroit Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.”—\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Isaacs, \u003cem\u003eNewsday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Dark . . . original and funny.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Wild details, wry humor, outrageous characters . . . \u003cem\u003eGalápagos\u003c\/em\u003e is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vision.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A work of high comedy, sadness and imagination.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Wacky wit and irreverent imagination . . . and the full range of technical innovations have made [Vonnegut] America’s preeminent experimental novelist.”—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Minneapolis Star and Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397858476268,"sku":"9780385333870","price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/72093c47ead19d23dc725d921b5cf3b3.jpg?v=1773777864","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/galapagos-by-kurt-vonnegut-9780385333870","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}