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Breakfast Of Champions

Breakfast Of Champions

Vonnegut, Kurt

n a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society, releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene. ...

Editorial:
Vintage Books
Any d'edició:
1999
Matèria:
En Anglès
ISBN:
978-0-09-984260-6
Pàgines:
304
Enquadernació:
Otros
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n a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society, releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene.

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