{"product_id":"hocus-pocus-isbn-9780425161296","title":"Hocus Pocus","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an irresistible novel that combines “clever wit with keen social observation...[and] re-establishes Mr. Vonnegut’s place as the Mark Twain of our times” (\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtlanta Journal \u0026amp; Constitution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the adventure of Eugene Debs Hartke. He’s a Vietnam veteran, a jazz pianist, a college professor, and a prognosticator of the apocalypse (and other things Earth-shattering). But that’s neither here nor there. Because at Tarkington College—where he teaches—the excrement is about to hit the air-conditioning. And it’s all Eugene’s fault.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eHocus Pocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHocus Pocus\u003c\/i\u003e is the most topical, realistic Vonnegut novel to date...he is a satirist with a heart, a moralist with a whoopee cushion.”—Jay McInerney, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vonnegut's best novel in years—funny and prophetic, yes, and fabulous too, as cunning as Aesop and as gloomy as Grimm...He's up to something special in \u003ci\u003eHocus Pocus\u003c\/i\u003e.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A king-sized relief valve of comedy. Every bit as humorous as \u003ci\u003eCat's Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Breakfast of Champions \u003c\/i\u003eor any of Vonnegut's other comic masterpieces...Vonnegut evokes the cynical chortle, the knowing grin, the inner laughter that soothes our troubled reflections...He's mad as hell and laughing all the way to the apocalypse.”—\u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“His voice is one of the most original in popular American fiction...sharp-toothed satire...truly hilarious...\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHocus Pocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is ample proof that his literary prestidigitation can still amuse and delight.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Irresistible...\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHocus Pocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is vintage Vonnegut, witty, startling, satiric...off-the-wall brilliance. Vonnegut is a true original. \u003ci\u003eHocus Pocus\u003c\/i\u003e is not only poignant and provocative, it is outrageous and very funny indeed. If Luck and Time are the two prime movers of the Universe, we are lucky in our time to have a Kurt Vonnegut to prod us, scold us, astonish us, unnerve us, entertain us and make us laugh.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKurt Vonnegut\u003c\/b\u003e was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens of Titan\u003c\/i\u003e in 1959 and established him, in the words of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, as “a true artist” with the publication of \u003ci\u003eCat’s Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299925414117,"sku":"NP9780425161296","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425161296.jpg?v=1767729117","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/hocus-pocus-isbn-9780425161296","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}