Slapstick
by Kurt Vonnegut
Taste attributes: comedyscience fictionfantasydramafresh & originalimaginarylinearglossyunlikely connectionssocial commentaryhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA heightened, fresh comic novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
The book explores one of Vonnegut's favorite recurring themes, which is his belief in our need to belong extended families and how they would be an adequate, larger and more useful substitute for biological ones.
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- Author
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 243
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- Open Library
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