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Player Piano is the debut novel from one of history's most innovative authors, published on Vonnegut's 100th birthday.

In Player Piano, the first of Vonnegut's wildly funny and deadly serious novels, automata have dramatically reduced the need for America's work force. Ten years after the introduction of these robot labourers, the only people still working are the engineers and their managers, who live in Ilium; everyone else lives in Homestead, an impoverished part of town characterised by purposelessness and mass produced houses.

Paul Proteus is the manager of Ilium Works. While grateful to be held in high regard, Paul begins to feel uneasy about his position - especially after a trip to Homestead. Eventually, Paul makes the decision to rebel against all he's been given, inciting seismic repercussions...

'His black logic...gives us something to laugh about and much to fear' New York Times Book Review

Watch the documentary about his life - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time - on Prime



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A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future * San Francisco Chronicle *
The seeds of his [Vonnegut's] trademarks are here: a satirical eye on the world and deep love for humanity * The Times *

Player Piano: The debut novel from the iconic

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 3 November 2022
      ISBN-13 9781784876715
      978-1784876715
      ISBN-10 1784876712
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      Fiction Classics Science Fiction Sci-Fi Books by Kurt Vonnegut

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Player Piano is the debut novel from one of history's most innovative authors, published on Vonnegut's 100th birthday.

      In Player Piano, the first of Vonnegut's wildly funny and deadly serious novels, automata have dramatically reduced the need for America's work force. Ten years after the introduction of these robot labourers, the only people still working are the engineers and their managers, who live in Ilium; everyone else lives in Homestead, an impoverished part of town characterised by purposelessness and mass produced houses.

      Paul Proteus is the manager of Ilium Works. While grateful to be held in high regard, Paul begins to feel uneasy about his position - especially after a trip to Homestead. Eventually, Paul makes the decision to rebel against all he's been given, inciting seismic repercussions...

      'His black logic...gives us something to laugh about and much to fear' New York Times Book Review

      Watch the documentary about his life - Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time - on Prime



      Trade Review
      A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future * San Francisco Chronicle *
      The seeds of his [Vonnegut's] trademarks are here: a satirical eye on the world and deep love for humanity * The Times *

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