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"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane." So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity--both sets of ideas bounce through this challenging and funny book. As with the rest of Vonnegut's pure fantasy, it lacks the shimmering, fact-fueled rage that illuminates Slaughterhouse-Five. At the same time, that makes this book perhaps more enjoyable to read.

Breakfast of Champions is a slippery, lucid, bleakly humorous jaunt through (sick? inhumane?) America circa 1973, with Vonnegut acting as our Virgil-like companion. The book follows its main character, auto-dealing solid-citizen Dwayne Hoover, down into madness, a condition brought on by the work of the aforementioned Kilgore Trout. As Dwayne cracks, then crumbles, Breakfast of Champions coolly shows the effects his dementia has on the web of characters surrounding him. It's not much of a plot, but it's enough for Vonnegut to air unique opinions on America, sex, war, love, and all of his other pet topics--you know, the only ones that really count. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.



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This novel was Vonnegut's 50th birthday present to himself. He seems to have wanted to purge himself of his usual literary preoccupations so as to renew his imagination for his mature years. So he pursues his fictional alter ego, the sour old sci-fi writer Kilgore Trout, and frees him from his creator, that is, himself. He does this at a small town arts festival after one of Trout's few readers shoots up the place. These events are related as if to a young space alien who knows little of the human "machine," as the author calls us. Stanley Tucci delivers a superbly sly interpretation of this fare. He affects a laid-back, melancholy style, using his excellent timing and spurts of mischief to bring home the sardonic humor and irony with which the book is larded. This approach goes a long way to mask some of the author's self-indulgence. While a brief and somewhat fatuous interview with Vonnegut does little to enlighten the leader, the clever packaging reproduces some of the illustrations from the printed original, which contribute to the tone of a primer for nonhumans. Y.R. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio CD édition.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 I WROTE MYSELF INTO MY REVIEW, Déc 14 2007
Par Benjamin Anderson (Fredericton, NB CAN) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye Blue Monday!: A Novel (Paperback)
Such a funny, clever book. When I start getting bored with reading, I always pick up a Vonnegut book. If it doesn't spark your interest, nothing will. His writing style is unmistakable. My favorite Vonnegut book.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 amazing, Juil 4 2007
Par greatedcorn (canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye Blue Monday!: A Novel (Paperback)
this was my first vonnegut book, but it certainly won't be the last. this was a wonderful book on free will and how we choose to see the world and our ever eternal fight against cynisism. i think that an important point to keep in mind is that there is a reason and purpose behind every passage he has written, they all connect back to one of the larger points he makes. its cynical, but not a depressing cynical, a cynical that makes you take a closer look. i would highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone. its one of the great reads of our time. philosiphical, satirical, and wonderful. definitely check it out
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Three greats, Sep 18 2006
This review is from: Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye Blue Monday!: A Novel (Paperback)
The last three books I read were spectacular: OF MICE AND MEN by the ever popular John Steinbeck, KATZENJAMMER by the hilarious and insightful J. McCrae, and finally, BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS by the master himself, Kurt Vonnegut. In a very cleverly written scene, Vonnegut has himself being scared and almost chased by a dog of his own creation, a very stark contrast from the normal idealistic person who would give him or herself perfection. The characters, Kilgore Trout and Dwayne Hoover, are both very complex and interesting. Kilgore writes countless novels that, because of unpopularity, are only published alongside smut pictures in pornographic novels. Dwayne is a very wealthy person whose primary business is owning a car dealership, where he frequently has sex with his secretary. The most interesting part of Kilgore Trout is that his stories are intriguing and insightful enough to make the reader want their hands on a copy. In his most well-known work (and the one that causes problems when these two main characters meet), there is simply one person on the world with free will, and all the rest are drones just made by 'the creator' to see how the free will person will interact. This parallel between himself and his characters is portrayed brilliantly throughout the book. Vonnegut also includes some drawings, which appear about every three pages, and though some are original and add to the story, many seem quite unnecessary. And the story could have benefited from the presence of 'the creator', or Vonnegut, from the beginning. Great book. Get it.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 It's not just for breakfast anymore
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5.0étoiles sur 5 "I can't tell if you're serious or not."
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