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Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!
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Published:
New York : Dell, [1973].
ISBN:
0440131480, 9780440131489
Physical Desc:
295 pages : illustrations ; 18 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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PS3572.O5 B7 1973
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Lexile measure:
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"A Dell Book."
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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, 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.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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