Hocus Pocus - by Kurt Vonnegut (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A small, exclusive college in upstate New York is nestled along the frozen shores of Lake Mohiga . . . and directly across from a maximum-security prison. The two institutions manage to coexist peacefully, until 10,000 prisoners break out and head directly for the college. "Sharp-toothed satire . . . absurd humor".--San Francisco Chronicle.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Slaughterhouse-Five </i>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" (<i><b>Atlanta Journal & Constitution</b></i><b>).</b></b> <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Hocus Pocus</i></b> <p/>"<i>Hocus Pocus</i> is the most topical, realistic Vonnegut novel to date...he is a satirist with a heart, a moralist with a whoopee cushion."--Jay McInerney, <i>The New York Times</i> <p/>"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 <i>Hocus Pocus</i>."--<i>The Nation</i> <p/>"A king-sized relief valve of comedy. Every bit as humorous as <i>Cat's Cradle</i>, <i>Slaughterhouse-Five</i>, <i> Breakfast of Champions </i>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."--<i>Playboy</i> <p/>"His voice is one of the most original in popular American fiction...sharp-toothed satire...truly hilarious...<i><i>Hocus Pocus</i></i> is ample proof that his literary prestidigitation can still amuse and delight."--<i><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></i> <p/>"Irresistible...<i><i>Hocus Pocus</i></i> is vintage Vonnegut, witty, startling, satiric...off-the-wall brilliance. Vonnegut is a true original. <i>Hocus Pocus</i> 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."--<i><i>The Cleveland Plain Dealer</i></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Kurt Vonnegut</b> was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in <i>The Sirens of Titan</i> in 1959 and established him, in the words of <i>The New York Times</i>, as "a true artist" with the publication of <i>Cat's Cradle</i> in 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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