Basil_Bub reviewed Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle
5 stars
My favourite Vonnegut so far.
Paperback, 179 pages
Published July 15, 1973 by Penguin.
Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's Cradle is one of the twentieth century's most important works -- and Vonnegut at his very best.