Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!
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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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Vonnegut, K. (1973). Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday! New York, Dell.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt. 1973. Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday! New York, Dell.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt, Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday! New York, Dell, 1973.
MLA Citation (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt. Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday! New York, Dell, 1973.
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| Last Sierra Extract Time | Dec 23, 2024 07:33:16 PM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Dec 23, 2024 07:33:38 PM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Jan 11, 2025 03:24:10 PM |
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