Jailbird A Novel |
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Author:
| Vonnegut, Kurt |
Read by:
| Ferrone, Richard |
ISBN: | 978-1-5012-6335-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
Publisher: | Brilliance Publishing, Inc.
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Imprint: | Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio |
Book Format: | CD-Audio |
List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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Jailbird takes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in government--and in the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portrait of power and...
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Jailbird takes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in government--and in the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portrait of power and politics in our times.