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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Breakfast of Championsby: Kurt Vonnegut  Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CassetteDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060564971 Edition: Unabridged Format: Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 0060564970 Label: Caedmon Manufacturer: Caedmon Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: 2004-03 Publisher: Caedmon Release Date: March 02, 2004 Studio: Caedmon Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: "We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane." So reads the tombstone of downtrodden writer Kilgore Trout, but we have no doubt who's really talking: his alter ego Kurt Vonnegut. Health versus sickness, humanity versus inhumanity--both sets of ideas bounce through this challenging and funny book. As with the rest of Vonnegut's pure fantasy, it lacks the shimmering, fact-fueled rage that illuminates Slaughterhouse-Five. At the same time, that makes this book perhaps more enjoyable to read. Breakfast of Champions is a slippery, lucid, bleakly humorous jaunt through (sick? inhumane?) America circa 1973, with Vonnegut acting as our Virgil-like companion. The book follows its main character, auto-dealing solid-citizen Dwayne Hoover, down into madness, a condition brought on by the work of the aforementioned Kilgore Trout. As Dwayne cracks, then crumbles, Breakfast of Champions coolly shows the effects his dementia has on the web of characters surrounding him. It's not much of a plot, but it's enough for Vonnegut to air unique opinions on America, sex, war, love, and all of his other pet topics--you know, the only ones that really count. Product Description: Breakfast of Champions is vintage Vonnegut. One of his favorite characters, aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. The result is murderously funny satire as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Didn't get it!Sorry, I just didn't get it. I liked Slaughter House Five. Vonnegut shows many signs of being a brilliant writer, even though I didn't understand the story. I knew much of it was satire, I just wish I could understand it. Since this is a very simple book to read I would actually recommend it, despite my low score. Rating:  - Set your fictions free with martinis and washing machines...In "Breakfast of Champions" Vonnegut gripes with such irresistible verve that it's a let down when "THE END" (or, in this case, "ETC.") appears. Scrawled, almost childish, cartoons punctuate the text throughout and add to the askew feel. As with many Vonnegut books, humor seems to sugar-coat deep confusion and bitterness. Numerous laugh-out-loud observations on the human condition and the corrupt state of the USA belie the novel's underlying seriousness. But calling this "a novel" with "a story" ... Read More Rating:  - A Fun & Easy ReadThis book is perfect for reading in short bursts whenever you have a minute. It's broken up into so many small sections that you can practically start and stop on any page without losing your place. It has a rambling plot that presents an interestingly different viewpoint of the world around us. Rating: - Vonnegut is the Best!!!Vonnegut has one of the most original writing styles out there...and Breakfast of Champions is one of his best. This book is worth it for the drawings alone - which make it utterly unique and playfully genius. If you're a Vonnegut fan and haven't read this yet, you're in for a treat. And if you're looking for another good book to read after BoC, check out National Darkroast Day. Rating:  - Love the story, but the Kindle version's editing was HORRIBLEI loved this story. I won't go into much detail, because there are so many other reviews. The only reason I gave it four stars (instead of five) was because of the low quality of the Kindle eBook. The proofreading was HORRIBLE. Words were missing; punctuation was missing; words wereruntogether (get it?); some word swere split and joined to the next word (get it?). I really love reading the eBooks on the Kindle, but this is a good example of a book where the ... Read More 
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