{"product_id":"deadeye-dick-a-novel-isbn-9780385334174","title":"Deadeye Dick: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The master at his quirky, provocative best.”—\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeadeye Dick\u003c\/i\u003e is Kurt Vonnegut’s funny, chillingly satirical look at the death of innocence. Amid a true Vonnegutian host of horrors—a double murder, a fatal dose of radioactivity, a decapitation, an annihilation of a city by a neutron bomb—Rudy Waltz, aka Deadeye Dick, takes us along on a zany search for absolution and happiness. Here is a tale of crime and punishment that makes us rethink what we believe . . . and who we say we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e Deadeye Dick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A moving fable . . . Vonnegut, sweet cynic and ugly duckling, continues to write gentle swan songs for our uncivil society.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePlayboy \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A brilliantly unconventional novel . . . a must for all Vonnegut fans.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Worcester Sunday Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Hits the bull’s-eye . . . dolefully celebrates the randomness of life, treating private and public disasters with a kind of reckless whimsy. . . . You don’t read Kurt Vonnegut for meaning exactly. You read him for the sad-funny attitude of mind, the kind of weirdness that can interpret the world’s weirdness.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Vonnegut is beguiling as ever . . . Incredible plot constructions and inventive language continue to leap from his typewriter . . . the humor is natural and inborn; the insight usually purchased by his characters at painfully high cost. Funny how life turns out. Even funnier how Mr. Vonnegut turns life’s insanities into funny, profound sense. That takes a master’s touch. Mr. Vonnegut still has it.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Playful and imaginative . . . On finishing the novel, the kitchen of your mind is a cleaner and more well-lighted place than it was before.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Endearing and enchanting . . . a wise and charming book . . . very full of life.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303731286245,"sku":"NP9780385334174","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385334174.jpg?v=1767724841","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/deadeye-dick-a-novel-isbn-9780385334174","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}