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Hocus Pocus

By Kurt Vonnegut
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From the bestselling author of Slaughterhouse-Five comes Hocus Pocus, a novel blending sharp wit with keen social commentary. It follows Eugene Debs Hartke, a Vietnam veteran, jazz pianist, and college professor who predicts apocalypse among many other things. The story unfolds at Tarkington College, where chaos erupts and Eugene finds himself at the centre of the upheaval.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Hocus Pocus is ideal for readers who appreciate satirical and socially observant sci-fi with dark humour. Fans of Kurt Vonnegut's previous works and those who enjoy sharp, witty narratives about contemporary issues will find this novel particularly engaging.

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Tarkington College, a small, exclusive college in upstate New York, is turned upside down when ten thousand prisoners from the maximum security prison across Lake Mohiga break out and head for the college.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Slaughterhouse-Five comes an irresistible novel that combines "clever wit with keen social observation... and re-establishes Mr. Vonnegut's place as the Mark Twain of our times" (Atlanta Journal & Constitution).

Here is the adventure of Eugene Debs Hartke. He's a Vietnam veteran, a jazz pianist, a college professor, and a prognosticator of the apocalypse (and other things Earth-shattering). But that's neither here nor there. Because at Tarkington College—where he teaches—the excrement is about to hit the air-conditioning. And it's all Eugene's fault.

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"Hocus Pocus is the most topical, realistic Vonnegut novel to date... he is a satirist with a heart, a moralist with a whoopee cushion." — Jay McInerney, The New York Times

"Vonnegut's best novel in years—funny and prophetic, fabulous too... He's up to something special in Hocus Pocus." — The Nation

"A king-sized relief valve of comedy... as humorous as Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, or any of Vonnegut's other comic masterpieces... mad as hell and laughing all the way to the apocalypse." — Playboy

"His voice is one of the most original in popular American fiction... sharp-toothed satire... truly hilarious... Hocus Pocus is ample proof that his literary prestidigitation can still amuse and delight." — San Francisco Chronicle

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ISBN: 9780425161296

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 1997

Country: United States

Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 278g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Kurt Vonnegutwas a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention inThe Sirens of Titanin 1959 and established him, in the words ofThe New York Times, as "a true artist" with the publication ofCat's Cradlein 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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