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Breakfast of champions;: or, Goodbye blue Monday!
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Published:
[New York] : Delacorte Press, [1973].
Physical Desc:
295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Lexile measure:
930L
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Kilgore Trout is a widely published, but unknown writer who is invited to deliver a keynote address at a local arts festival in distant Midland City. Dwayne Hoover is a wealthy businessman who owns much of Midland City. Unfortunately Dwayne is mentally unstable and is undergoing a gradual mental collapse. Kilgore arrives in Midland City and, by happenstance, piques the interest of Dwayne. A confused Dwayne demands a message from Kilgore, who hands over a copy of his novel. Dwayne reads the novel, which purports to be a message from the Creator of the Universe explaining that the reader--in this case Dwayne--is the only individual in the universe with free will. Everyone else is a robot. Dwayne believes the novel to be factual and immediately goes on a violent rampage, severely beating...

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APA Citation (style guide)

Vonnegut, K. (1973). Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday! [New York], Delacorte Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Vonnegut, Kurt. 1973. Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday! [New York], Delacorte Press.

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Vonnegut, Kurt, Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday! [New York], Delacorte Press, 1973.

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Vonnegut, Kurt. Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday! [New York], Delacorte Press, 1973.

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