{"product_id":"galapagos-book-kurt-vonnegut-9780385294164","title":"Galapagos","description":"\u003cb\u003eA madcap genealogical adventure . . . Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGal pagos \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Gal pagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this inimitable novel, America' s master satirist looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry-and all that is worth saving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGal pagos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe best Vonnegut novel yet \u003cb\u003e--John Irving\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beautiful . . . provocative, arresting reading.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA satire in the classic tradition . . . a dark vision, a heartfelt warning.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Detroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Interesting, engaging, sad and yet very funny . . . Vonnegut is still in top form. If he has no prescription for alleviating the pain of the human condition, at least he is a first-rate diagnostician.\u003cb\u003e--Susan Isaacs, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dark . . . original and funny.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A triumph of style, originality and warped yet consistent logic . . . a condensation, an evolution of Vonnegut's entire career, including all the issues and questions he has pursued relentlessly for four decades.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wild details, wry humor, outrageous characters . . . \u003ci\u003eGal pagos\u003c\/i\u003e is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vison.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A work of high comedy, sadness and imagination.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wacky wit and irreverent imagination . . . and the full range of technical innovations have made  Vonnegut] America's preeminent experimental novelist.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star and Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49724431171857,"sku":"CIN0385294166G","price":7.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50590648172817,"sku":"CIN0385294166VG","price":6.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50761955082513,"sku":"CIN0385294166A","price":5.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53152536625425,"sku":"GOR009264531","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385294166.jpg?v=1750781549","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/galapagos-book-kurt-vonnegut-9780385294164","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}