Cat’s Cradle is 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 this century’s most important works... and Vonnegut at his very best.
Tony Roberts has a plummy voice touched with petulance. This tone was appropriate when he played the hapless good-looking friend in early Woody Allen movies. The undertone of disappointment is also apt for this beloved first novel by Kurt Vonnegut. CAT'S CRADLE was published in 1963. The hero is named Jonah, and the news is always bad. The world doesn't end with a bang, or a whimper. It ends with Ice Nine and a rueful chuckle. Vonnegut's own voice--roughed by a million cigarettes--is heard in an interview tacked on at the end. "My dying words are 'Life is no way to treat an animal,'" he said, and then he laughed. The great-hearted pessimist of American literature died in 2007 at the age of 84. B.H.C. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Siren's of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist" with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene has declared, "one of the best living American writers."
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