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Jailbird

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Copyright © 1979 by Kurt Vonnegut
1979
Science Fiction
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Never (or unknown...)
See 3
Prologue
23 Chapters
Epilogue
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1913
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For Benjamin D. Hitz,
Close friend of my youth,
Best man at my wedding.
Ben, you used to tell me about
Wonderful books you had just read,
And then I would imagine that I
Had read them, too.
You read nothing but the best, Ben,
While I studied chemistry.
Long time no see.
Yes - Kilgore Trout is back again.
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Added: 19-Jul-2015
Last Updated: 07-Apr-2020

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 15-Jul-1982
Dell Publishing Company
Paperback
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Date Issued:
15-Jul-1982
Format:
Paperback
Cover Price:
$3.95
Pages*:
283
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1654
ISBN:
0-440-15473-1
ISBN-13:
978-0-440-15473-0
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Paul Bacon - Typography
Kurt Vonnegut Jr - Cover Design
"VINTAGE VONNEGUT!" - Time magazine

"JAILBIRD DEFINATELY MOUNTS UP ON ANGELIC WINGS - IN ITS SPEED, IN ITS SPARKLE, AND ON ITS HIGH-FLYING INTENT. ...A PROFOUNDLY HUMANE COMEDY." - Chicago Tribune Book World

"A GEM... A MATURE, IMAGINATIVE NOVEL, - POSSIBLY THE BEST HE HAS WRITTEN....  JAILBIRD IS A GUIDED TOUR DE FORCE OF AMERICA.  TAKE IT!" - Playboy

THERE ARE ENOUGH KERNELS IN JAILBIRD TO FEED THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF AN INTELLECTUALLY RAVENOUS WORLD." - Los Angeles Times

HE IS OUR STRONGEST WRITER... THE MOST STUBBORNLY IMAGINATIVE.  HE IS UNIQUE AND WISE, GRACEFUL AND KIND, AND HE CAN FOOL YOU BY HOW 'EASY' HE IS TO READ." - John Irving, author of The World According to Garp

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15-Jul-1982
Dell Publishing Company
Paperback

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