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Read Kurt Vonnegut''s powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published.

Billy Pilgrim hapless barber''s assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?

Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency.

An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist' New York Times Book Review

This series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.

Slaughterhouse 5

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    A Paperback by Kurt Vonnegut

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Publishing
      Published 10 March 2024
      ISBN-13 9781784879822
      978-1784879822
      ISBN-10 1784879827
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction Books by Kurt Vonnegut

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Read Kurt Vonnegut''s powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published.

      Billy Pilgrim hapless barber''s assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?

      Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency.

      An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist' New York Times Book Review

      This series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.

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