"A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future." -- San Francisco Chronicle

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut -- wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality.

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"An exuberant, crackling style... Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma." -- Life

"His black logic... gives us something to laugh about and much to fear." -- The New York Times Book Review

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• Publication Date: September 26, 2009
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