Welcome to the Monkey House Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House

Stories

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Publisher Description

“[Kurt Vonnegut] strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. . . . There are twenty-five stories here, and each hits a nerve ending.”—The Charlotte Observer

Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories share Vonnegut’s audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision.
 
Includes the following stories:

“Where I Live”
“Harrison Bergeron”
“Who Am I This Time?”
“Welcome to the Monkey House”
“Long Walk to Forever”
“The Foster Portfolio”
“Miss Temptation”
“All the King’s Horses”
“Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog”
“New Dictionary”
“Next Door”
“More Stately Mansions”
“The Hyannis Port Story”
“D.P.”
“Report on the Barnhouse Effect”
“The Euphio Question”
“Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son”
“Deer in the Works”
“The Lie”
“Unready to Wear”
“The Kid Nobody Could Handle”
“The Manned Missiles”
“Epicac”
“Adam”
“Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1969
December 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
3.2
MB

Customer Reviews

April.Mac ,

Welcome to the Monkey House

Brilliant collection of hilarious & thought provoking short stories by one of the greatest authors of our time. A must read!

Ashley Verheul ,

Started my love

This book started my love for Kurt Vonnegut as an author. Each short story has meaning and in depth ideas.

ASco05 ,

Amazing

Not to many are better than Vonnegut. The euphio question is great!

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