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Jailbird, a novel, by Kurt Vonnegut

Label
Jailbird, a novel, by Kurt Vonnegut
Language
eng
Index
index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Jailbird
Oclc number
4933840
Responsibility statement
by Kurt Vonnegut
Sub title
a novel
Summary
Harvard, the New Deal, the Holocaust, World War II, Watergate, two prison terms, and a giant conglomerate ... This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck, who tries to live by the Sermon on the Mount, from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. Shall the meek inherit the earth? Perhaps on a short-term basis
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