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Although I do not share many aspects of Mr. Vonnegut's view of life, I can still appreciate how well he expresses it. This novel, ostensibly about the fateful encounter between an obscure sci-fi writer and a car salesman who is slowly going insane after reading one of his stories, is really about life and politics according to Kurt Vonnegut. Often transparently so. Using minimalistic and hilariously bad doodles the author relates his view of humans as creatures largely determined by genetic and environmental factors (Hitler, according to this book, was "full of bad chemicals," for instance) and his view of politics and society as the tyranny of these influences exerted through systemic means. There is, of course, no organized expression of this thesis, and this ties into my chief criticism of the work: it is rambling. Remarkably so. The narrative is a very chain that just barely binds together the various observations made by the author. His presentation is as irreverent as much of the content. And yet, this work is still very cutting, and the almost child-like explanations of everything from racism to the cold war range from silly to profound. I think, to Mr. Vonnegut's credit, that, as a whole, it is closer to the profound side of things than the silly side, and that's why I've rated it fairly highly. I think the author is wrong on a lot of things, and he could have expressed his views in a more organized fashion without robbing this work of its entertainment value, but there are too many pearls here to dismiss this book. The characters are well-drawn but not particularly deep: par the course for the genre of satire. I recommend this book for what it does right. Yet understanding where Vonnegut goes wrong can be a worthwhile process as well, because, no matter what he may be, he is never boorish or typical in his thinking.
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The author questions the condition of modern man in this novel, depicting a science fiction writer's struggle to find peace and sanity in the world.
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"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane." So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity--both sets of ideas bounce through this challenging and funny book. As with the rest of Vonnegut's pure fantasy, it lacks the shimmering, fact-fueled rage that illuminates Slaughterhouse-Five. At the same time, that makes this book perhaps more enjoyable to read.
Breakfast of Champions is a slippery, lucid, bleakly humorous jaunt through (sick? inhumane?) America circa 1973, with Vonnegut acting as our Virgil-like companion. The book follows its main character, auto-dealing solid-citizen Dwayne Hoover, down into madness, a condition brought on by the work of the aforementioned Kilgore Trout. As Dwayne cracks, then crumbles, Breakfast of Champions coolly shows the effects his dementia has on the web of characters surrounding him. It's not much of a plot, but it's enough for Vonnegut to air unique opinions on America, sex, war, love, and all of his other pet topics--you know, the only ones that really count.
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