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“A moving fable . . . Vonnegut, sweet cynic and ugly duckling, continues to write gentle swan songs for our uncivil society.”—Playboy

“The master at his quirky, provocative best.”—Cosmopolitan

“Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist.”—Time --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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A funny, chillingly satirical look at the death of innocence. Rudy Waltz, a.k.a. Deadeye Dick, takes readers on a zany search for absolution and happiness in this tale of crime and punishment that makes us rethink what we believe and who we say we are. "Vonnegut is . . . a zany but moral mad scientist."--Time. Reissue.

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TO THE AS-YET-UNBORN, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourite books ever!, July 10 2004

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This review is from: Deadeye Dick: A Novel (Paperback)

The first Vonnegut book I ever read, and the strangest I feel. The kid shoots some guy from a tower and his whole life falls apart due to that one event. He writes an atrociously parochial play that gets laughed at in the Big Apple of America. When writing about the failures of everyday life humanity, Vonnegut is at his best. This has all of the most tragically funny events and characters woven into a nauseous tale. My favourite part is where the kid who writes the play, writes his own script of the situation of his brother arguing with his brother's girlfriend. Some call it black humour, I think that doesn't do it's creativity justice. A must read!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Advice, Nov 18 2003

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This review is from: Deadeye Dick: A Novel (Paperback)

Read this after reading Breakfast of Champions, you'll enjoy it that much more.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Muted story, Oct 17 2003

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julian (Malta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deadeye Dick: A Novel (Paperback)

In Deadeye Dick, the underlying messages shine through Vonnegut's words, the morals of innocence, the corruption of being etc. etc.
But Vonnegut forgot one thing in this book. The story. What is in his other books a perfect mixture of story and the underlying morals, here it is a decidedly lop-sided affair. The story is very unengaging and I found it quite tedious, to be frank. And unfortunately, it went downhill after an ok-ish start. Thankfully, those recipes he throws in very frequently at the first part of the novel are toned down because what was a good idea would have turned into an annoying one if continued too frequently.
This is the most disappointing Vonnegut book I've read so far.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not about a sharpshooter detective
Kurt Vonnegut's style is usually able to make his books fast reading even if the plot and characters are bad, but this book is plain terrible. Read more

Published on July 14 2004 by Keith Whitener

4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Book
This is the fourth Vonnegut book I have read, and I have to say it's probably one of his best. The story was interesting, and the moral was well received. Read more

Published on July 28 2003 by Eric