Cat's Cradle

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Kurt Vonnegut, Tony Roberts: Cat's Cradle (AudiobookFormat, 2007, HarperAudio)

Audiobook

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2007 by HarperAudio.

(1 review)

Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's Cradle is one of the twentieth century's most important works -- and Vonnegut at his very best.

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reviewed Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

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My copy of Cat's Cradle was audio from Audible, narrated by Tony Roberts. I'm sure that there's still more layers to this novel that passed me by, but I enjoyed its wicked humour and sharp observations of human behaviour. The storyline is wonderfully outlandish and I would be interested to know if the science of Ice Nine is even feasible? However, it is the calypsos of the Bokononist faith that I think will be the most memorable for me. The astute comments on religion, power, learning and life are so true.

Subjects

  • End of the world
  • Fiction
  • American Fantasy fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Humor (Fiction)
  • Science Fiction
  • Large type books
  • American fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • Fiction, humorous
  • Fiction, science fiction, general