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Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most acclaimed American writers of the past century, died in New York City on April 11, 2007. He was the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels, including such literary classics as Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Penguin Group (USA) was fortunate to publish several of Mr. Vonnegut's books, including the novels Timequake and Hocus Pocus as well as a collection of short fiction, Bagombo Snuff Box.
Praise for Hocus Pocus
“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, yes, and
fabulous too, as cunning as Aesop and as gloomy as Grimm...He's up
to something special in Hocus Pocus.”—The Nation
“A king-sized relief valve of comedy. Every bit as humorous as
Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions or any of
Vonnegut's other comic masterpieces...Vonnegut evokes the cynical
chortle, the knowing grin, the inner laughter that soothes our
troubled reflections...He's 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
“Irresistible...Hocus Pocus is vintage Vonnegut, witty,
startling, satiric...off-the-wall brilliance. Vonnegut is a true
original. Hocus Pocus is not only poignant and provocative, it is
outrageous and very funny indeed. If Luck and Time are the two
prime movers of the Universe, we are lucky in our time to have a
Kurt Vonnegut to prod us, scold us, astonish us, unnerve us,
entertain us and make us laugh.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Praise for Hocus Pocus
"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, yes, and
fabulous too, as cunning as Aesop and as gloomy as Grimm...He's up
to something special in Hocus Pocus."-The Nation
"A king-sized relief valve of comedy. Every bit as humorous as
Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of
Champions or any of Vonnegut's other comic
masterpieces...Vonnegut evokes the cynical chortle, the knowing
grin, the inner laughter that soothes our troubled
reflections...He's 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
"Irresistible...Hocus Pocus is vintage Vonnegut, witty, startling,
satiric...off-the-wall brilliance. Vonnegut is a true original.
Hocus Pocus is not only poignant and provocative, it is
outrageous and very funny indeed. If Luck and Time are the two
prime movers of the Universe, we are lucky in our time to have a
Kurt Vonnegut to prod us, scold us, astonish us, unnerve us,
entertain us and make us laugh."-The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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